How come bodies of water (lakes, rivers, wetlands, oceans even…) exist above ground instead of the water simply being absorbed by the earth?
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It has, to an extent. I think a lot of people here underestimate just how mind bendingly wet rock actually is.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34837461
When drilling oil wells you need to constantly fight the combination of this liquid (and often gas) and the pressure it is under, otherwise you get what is known as a kick where all that wet comes back to surface.
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