clearwater en · ADJ
Etymology
From clear + water.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a stream) Having relatively clear water, free of large quantities of mud or tannin.
These species largely inhabit whitewater and clearwater rivers (river classifications from Sioli) within the Amazon Basin, with rare reports in tannic blackwater rivers.
2015 July 9, “Diverse Early Life-History Strategies in Migratory Amazonian Catfish: Implications for Conservation and Management”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: