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metapotamal

metapotamal adjective: describing the middle reaches of a lowland stream.

Adjective

metapotamal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the middle reaches of a lowland stream
    • The downstream marshland streams of the coastal plains (LAWA river type 22) are tidally influenced and belong to the metapotamal with key fish species like Rutilus rutilus, Perca fluviatilis and Abramis brama [13 ,14 ].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 metapotamal

From meta- + potamal.

Questions about metapotamal

What does metapotamal mean?
Metapotamal means describing the middle reaches of a lowland stream.
What part of speech is metapotamal?
Metapotamal is an adjective.

Words near metapotamal in the dictionary

  1. metapost
  2. metapostnota
  3. metapostnotal
  4. metapostnotum
  5. metaposts
  6. metapotamal
  7. metapragmatic
  8. metapragmatically
  9. metapragmatics
  10. metaprediction
  11. metapredictions

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