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intermittent stream

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intermittent stream [¦in·tər¦mit·ənt ′strēm]
(hydrology)
A stream which carries water a considerable portion of the time, but which ceases to flow occasionally or seasonally because bed seepage and evapotranspiration exceed the available water supply.


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The Kennedy opinion suggests that the future of wetlands and small, intermittent streams be determined case by case by state or federal permitting agencies.
In addition, waste from the recycling activity is in a drainage swale and storm water from the property is impacting an intermittent stream.
An intermittent stream enters the gulf at the northern end, where the gulf has expanded along the thalweg of a shallow valley and has cut a channel into the bedrock rim (Fig.
 
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