subterranean stream

subterranean stream
A definite and known channel in which subterranean waters flow. 56 Am J1st Water § 103. Underground waters flowing in a distinct, well-defined and permanent channel, as distinguished from percolating waters which spread in every direction through the earth. Tampa Waterworks Co. v Cline, 33 Fla 586, 20 So 780.

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