hyporhithral

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ rhithral

Adjective

hyporhithral (not comparable)

1. Describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater
   • 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:

     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.