Question

How does water get below the surface to become groundwater?

Answer 1

Once it reaches the zone of saturation under the ground, groundwater begins to move slowly by the force of gravity through the interconnecting pore spaces until it reaches a discharge area, where it seeps or flows out into a wetland, spring, river, or pond to become part of the surface water.

Answer 2

The dirt sucks up the water from the surface to go to animals and plant and then becomes groundwater.