Rivers across the US are losing flow to aquifers

Water is an ephemeral thing. It can emerge from an isolated spring, as if by magic, to birth a babbling brook. It can also course through a mighty river, seeping into the soil until all that remains downstream is a shady arroyo, the nearby trees offering the only hint of where the water has gone.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210317141648.htm