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THE present drought affords an excellent opportunity for studying natural underground drainage in limestone (including chalk) districts. In many streams part of the flow takes place underground, but the fact cannot readily be ascertained while a surface flow continues. The flow of small streams is now so much reduced that the whole stream may be swallowed in the limestone and may reappear lower down. It is to be hoped that geologists in limestone districts will seize this opportunity to make observations.
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HOBSON, B. The Drought and Underground Water. Nature 107, 684 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107684e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107684e0
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