how come the ground under lakes and rivers don’t drink up all the water but plain surface ground drinks up everything eventually?

Question

how come the ground under lakes and rivers don’t drink up all the water but plain surface ground drinks up everything eventually?

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Answer 1

The ground can soap up a lot of water, but not an unlimited amount of water. In some places the ground gets full so the water has to sit on top of the ground. That’s what lakes and rivers are.