epipotamal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

epi- +‎ potamal

Adjective[edit]

epipotamal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream
    • 2015 November 17, “Spatial Scaling of Environmental Variables Improves Species-Habitat Models of Fishes in a Small, Sand-Bed Lowland River”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.