underflow

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Some think that the station dropped into an immense cave, and others that it was caused by the underflow of the Arkansas River, which is overflowing its banks at the present time.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

Report of the special agent in charge of the artesian and underflow investigations, and of the irrigation inquiry.

From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled

Its current, unripplingly smooth, but dimpled ever, and wrinkled with the whirls that mark an underflow deep and shady, bore on our bark.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

A shallow soil over moving water or underflow, such as you might expect from a creek bank, is better.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

From the area of water-bearing gravels found, it was proposed to tap the underflow water at the 630-m. level by an infiltration gallery.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham