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hyporhithral

hyporhithral adjective: describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater.

Adjective

hyporhithral (not comparable)

  1. Describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater
    • Most of the upstream river network are small gravel-dominated lowland streams (LAWA river type 16, [11 ]) belonging to the hyporhithral region according to Illies [12 ] with Leuciscus leuciscus, Phoxinus phoxinus and Salmo trutta as key fish species.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 hyporhithral

From hypo- + rhithral.

Questions about hyporhithral

What does hyporhithral mean?
Hyporhithral means describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater.
What part of speech is hyporhithral?
Hyporhithral is an adjective.

Words near hyporhithral in the dictionary

  1. hyporexia
  2. hyporexic
  3. hyporhachides
  4. hyporhachis
  5. hyporheic
  6. hyporhithral
  7. hypos
  8. hyposalaemia
  9. hyposalazinic acid
  10. hyposaline
  11. hyposalinity

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