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deprecated concept > hyporheic

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hyporheic  

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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.

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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/USLterCV_260

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