Meaning of hyporhithral | Babel Free

Definitions

Describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater

not-comparable

Examples

“Most of the upstream river network are small gravel-dominated lowland streams (LAWA river type 16, [11 ]) belonging to the hyporhithral region according to Illies [12 ] with Leuciscus leuciscus, Phoxinus phoxinus and Salmo trutta as key fish species.”

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