hyporheic
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Coined by Traian Orghidan[1] in 1959 by combining two Greek words: hypo (below) and rheos (flow).
Adjective [edit]
hyporheic
- beneath or alongside the bed of a stream, where water percolates through interstices between the rocks leading to mixing of groundwater and surface water
References [edit]
- ^ 1959, T. Orghidan, “Ein neuer Lebensraum des unterirdischen Wassers: Der hyporheische Biotop”, Archiv für Hydrobilogie, volume 55, pages 392–414:
