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Subterranean river

 
Wikipedia: Subterranean river

A subterranean river is a river that runs beneath the ground surface. These rivers can either be entirely natural, or a result of the deliberate installation of a culvert to channel a flow from the surface to underground, usually as a part of urban development.[citation needed]

To reverse this process is known as daylighting a stream and is a visible form of river restoration. One successful example is the Cheonggye Stream in the centre of Seoul.

Examples of subterranean rivers include:

A flow somewhat similar to a subterranean river is a large body of moving water that exists in the Atlantic Ocean near the floor, part of the North Atlantic Current.[citation needed]

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