hyporheic zone

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hyporheic zone [‚hī·pə′rē·ik ‚zōn]

(ecology)

The saturated sediment environment below a stream that exchanges water, nutrients, and fauna with surface flowing waters.

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No references found			In addition, groundwater maintains wetlands and aquatic health by buffering nutrients and temperature fluctuations, especially in riparian and hyporheic zones (Hayashi and Rosenberry 2001). International year of planet earth 3. Groundwater sustainable ... by Rivera, Alfonso / Geoscience Canada They then shift to scientific jargon, talking about hyporheic zones - those gravel areas alongside rivers where groundwater and river water mingle. Getting the lay of the land from a bird's-eye view by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Stream reaches within unconfined valley segments have an additional alternating pattern of downwelling and upwelling vertical exchange of water and materials between the hyporheic zone and surface stream. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences			hypophrenia hypophyge hypophyseal cachexia hypophyseal duct tumor hypophysectomy hypophysis Hypopituitarism hypopituitary cachexia hypoplankton Hypoplasia hypoplastic dwarf hypoplastron hypopleura hypoploid hypoploidy hypopodium hypoproliferative anemia hypoproteinemia hypoprothrombinemia hypopus hypopycnal inflow hypopygium hypopyon hyporeactive hyporeflexia hyporheic zone hyposcenium hyposensitivity hyposensitization Hyposmia Hypospadias hypospermatogenesis Hypostasis hypostatic hyposthenia hyposthenuria hypostome hypostracum hypostyle hypostyle hall hyposulculus hyposynergia hypotarsus hypotelorism hypotension hypotenuse hypothalamic center hypothalamic releasing factor hypothalamoneurohypophyseal system hypothalamoneurohypophyseal tract Hypothalamus			hypoproliferative anemias hypoprosody hypoproteinemia hypoproteinemia hypoproteinemia hypoproteinemic edema hypoproteinemic edema hypoproteinemic edema hypoprothrombinemia hypoprothrombinemia hypopselaphesia hypopsychosis Hypoptilum hypoptyalism Hypopus hypopycnal inflow hypopygium hypopyon hypopyon hypopyridoxinosis Hyporadius hyporeactive hyporeactive hyporeflexia hyporeflexia hyporeflexia hyporeninemia Hyporhachis Hyporheic Hyporheic flow hyporheic zone hyporiboflavinosis hypos hypos hypos hypos hyposalemia hyposalivation hyposalivation hyposalivation hyposcenium hyposcleral hyposecretion hyposegmented neutrophil hyposegmented neutrophil hyposegmented neutrophil Hyposensibilization Hyposensibilization Hyposensitisation Hyposensitisation hyposensitive hyposensitive hyposensitive hyposensitivities hyposensitivities hyposensitivities hyposensitivity hyposensitivity hyposensitivity hyposensitization hyposensitization

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