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Preferred term

groundwater flow

Definition

[Peter M. Thibodeau] Groundwater flow is an important factor in governing botanical zonation in the salt marsh at NorthInlet, SC. Areas of the marsh adjacent to upland forest are characterized by upward flow of freshgroundwater. This inhibits the infiltration and evapoconcentration of saline tidal water and thedevelopment of a habitat for hypersaline-tolerant fugitive species such as Salicornia europaea...

Broader concept

water cycle

Entry terms

ground water flow
groundwater flowed
groundwater flowing
groundwater flows
groundwaters flowing

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21300

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 11/12/18

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