# throughflow

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The movement of water horizontally beneath the land surface, usually when the soil is completely saturated.
2. The movement of an identifiably separate body of water through a larger body (such as a current of fresh water through salt water).

## Etymology
From through + flow.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/throughflow