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    The River Dour used to carry a lot more water in days of old.
    Several hundred years ago, possibly in the 17th century, it gradually got narrower, with much less water, but there is no explanation as to why this happened.

    Personally I have noticed that there are what to me appear springs on some parts of the beach towards Eastern Docks, from where water runs into the sea at low tide.

    As these springs cannot be sea water, I assume that there is a flow of underground water from that area directly into the sea, water which doesn't end up in the Dour.

    So maybe the answer to the puzzle is that there are underground streams running through Dover, and that these gather some of the water that otherwise would end up in the Dour.

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