Epipotamal

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream not-comparable

    "The middle, epipotamal reaches are small to large sand and loam-dominated lowland rivers (LAWA river type 14 and 15) typically dominated by e.g. Barbatula barbatula, Gobio gobio, Leuciscus leuciscus and Gasterosteus aculeatus."

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"The middle, epipotamal reaches are small to large sand and loam-dominated lowland rivers (LAWA river type 14 and 15) typically dominated by e.g. Barbatula barbatula, Gobio gobio, Leuciscus leuciscus and Gasterosteus aculeatus."

Etymology

From epi- + potamal.

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