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epipotamal

epipotamal adjective: describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream.

Adjective

epipotamal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream
    • The middle, epipotamal reaches are small to large sand and loam-dominated lowland rivers (LAWA river type 14 and 15) typically dominated by e.g. Barbatula barbatula, Gobio gobio, Leuciscus leuciscus and Gasterosteus aculeatus.2015 November 17, “Spatial Scaling of Environmental Variables Improves Species-Habitat Models of Fishes in a Small, Sand-Bed Lowland River”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of epipotamal

From epi- + potamal.

Questions about epipotamal

What does epipotamal mean?
Epipotamal means describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream.
What part of speech is epipotamal?
Epipotamal is an adjective.

Words near epipotamal in the dictionary

  1. epipolythiodioxopiperazine
  2. epipolythiodioxopiperazines
  3. epipophyseal
  4. epipophyses
  5. epipophysis
  6. epipotamal
  7. epiproct
  8. epiproctan
  9. epiproctans
  10. epiprocts
  11. epiprogoitrin

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