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Low-Water Period

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Low-Water Period 

seasonal occurrence of low water levels in rivers. Ordinarily a low-water period must last at least ten days to be classified as such. It results from periods of dry or frosty weather when the water level of a river is maintained primarily by ground water sources and there is a great reduction or cessation of surface runoff. In the moderate and high latitudes, summer and winter low-water periods are distinguished. (A low-water period with ice phenomena is a winter low-water period.)



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The only published data on breeding of Band-tailed Antbirds consists of records of adults feeding stub-tailed juveniles during the low-water period (Aug) in the lower Rio Javail, Brazil (Zimmer and Isler 2003), where flooding ceases in May-June (Oliveira 2007).
Although some people believe that allowing the lake to revert to a "natural" state would improve its environmental health, others want the lake level regulated to avoid the possibility of late summer and early fall low-water periods that would shrink the lake shore.
During the low-water period, while conducting night-time censuses of the jacares, the combination of our hats and the sound of the boat motor would spook the fish, causing them to jump out of the water.
 
 
 
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