>I don't think all underground wells and springs have an underground flow if
>you mean that there is an underground watercourse that is identifiable like
>a streamway through a cavern. Most are fed by water seeping through rock
and
>fissures. In a few rare instances the fissures give rise to a self flushing
>action. An underground chamber slowly fills up and when it overflows it
>produces a simple syphonic action until it empties again.
>
>Doess that sound plausible?
>
>
>Bruce
Thank you for this, Bruce. Yes, I understand. What I'm curious about is
water rising underground. One model that I have in mind is a very deep (and
quite large) lake only slightly below the two summits of Slieve Gullion, Co.
Armagh, which is very steep on all sides below the lake. It doesn't seem
plausible that all that water comes from the two summits. Does water rise
under the ground, and if so, how? Could "syphonic action" account for this?
Phil
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