Environmental Thesaurus

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_260

Preferred Name

hyporheic

Definitions

The hyporheic zone is a region beneath and alongside a stream bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surface water. The flow dynamics and behavior in this zone (termed hyporheic flow or underflow) is recognized to be important for surface water/groundwater interactions, as well as fish spawning, among other processes.

Obsolete

true

In Schemes
Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

contributor

0000-0003-0631-8231

scopeNote

US LTER controlled vocabulary

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

The hyporheic zone is a region beneath and alongside a stream bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surface water. The flow dynamics and behavior in this zone (termed hyporheic flow or underflow) is recognized to be important for surface water/groundwater interactions, as well as fish spawning, among other processes.

note

[source of definition ] wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Alessandro Oggioni 23.05.2013

isReplacedBy

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21902

prefLabel

hyporheic

created

2016-03-31

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

deprecated

true

modified

2022-03-21

exactMatch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hyporheic

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