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There are two ways: Directly and Indirectly

Directly:

Water that condenses from the clouds in the form of rain falls into the mountains. The liquid water runs off from the top of the mountain to the lower levels in the form of rivers or underground water flow. Liquid water will always try to look for lower ground (this is when liquid water has the lowest potential energy and thus it becomes the most stable). The only way water could find its way from a mountain to the ocean is if the mountain is located higher than sea level. If this is not the case, then you will get a big lake, or technically, the ocean itself.

Water could also depositate (go from gas into ice) at the top of mountains when there are air currents. Then the ice accumulated could melt during warm seasons, and the process above occur in the same way.

Indirectly:

Some of the liquid water evaporates back into the atmosphere (the same way solid ice could sublimate into water vapor) and by differences in air temperature this water vapor could find its way back into the ocean due to the movements of air currents.

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