How can carbon move from land to bodies of water

Carbon moves from land to bodies of water as in following steps.

Carbon in the land is present in form of fossil fuels and plants and animals.

It converts into CO2 gas form by the burning of fossils and respiration of plants and animals.

This atmospheric CO2 is used by plants in water for photosynthesis.

Water bodies eat these plants for their nutrition. And use that carbon for making there carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

Hence making land carbon their body part.