Meanings
adjectivehyporhithral (not comparable)
- not comparableDescribing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater
Most of the upstream river network are small gravel-dominated lowland streams (LAWA river type 16, [11 ]) belonging to the hyporhithral region according to Illies [12 ] with Leuciscus leuciscus, Phoxinus phoxinus and Salmo trutta as key fish species.
2015 November 17, “Spatial Scaling of Environmental Variables Improves Species-Habitat Models of Fishes in a Small, Sand-Bed Lowland River”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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