Concept information
Preferred term
hyporheic
Definition
- The hyporheic zone is a region beneath and alongside a stream bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surface water. The flow dynamics and behavior in this zone (termed hyporheic flow or underflow) is recognized to be important for surface water/groundwater interactions, as well as fish spawning, among other processes.
Broader concept
Note
- [source of definition ] wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Alessandro Oggioni 23.05.2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Contributor
- 0000-0003-0631-8231
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21902
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