axial stream

axial stream

[′ak·sē·əl ′strēm]

(hydrology)

The chief stream of an intermontane valley, the course of which is along the deepest part of the valley and is parallel to its longer dimension.

A stream whose course is along the axis of an anticlinal or a synclinal fold.

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