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kryal

kryal noun: the portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.

Noun

kryal (plural kryals)

  1. The portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.
    • Steffan believed that kryal chironomids derive their nutrition from wind-blown organic particles that are released from the ice as it melts.1995, The Chironomidae, Springer Netherlands
    • These efforts will examine the nature of glacier fluctuation influences on habitat for keystone biota such as salmonids, the response of the zoobenthic community and its structures within the kryal and rhithral stream segments and associated riparian zones.1997, Final Report of the Workshop on Long-term Monitoring of Glaciers of North America and Northwestern Europe, USGS

Forms of kryal

pluralkryals

Questions about kryal

What does kryal mean?
Kryal means the portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.
What part of speech is kryal?
Kryal is a noun.
What is the plural of kryal?
The plural of kryal is kryals.

Words near kryal in the dictionary

  1. Krutz
  2. Krutzes
  3. Kruzel
  4. Kruzels
  5. Kruševo
  6. kryal
  7. Kryger
  8. Krygers
  9. Krygier
  10. Krygiers
  11. Krylbo

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