Water flows from the land to the sea in rivers - that is the classroom picture that seems too self–evident to question. But there is evidence that a comparable amount may flow underground directly into coastal waters.
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Church, T. An underground route for the water cycle. Nature 380, 579–580 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/380579a0
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