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epipotamal en · ADJ

Etymology

From epi- + potamal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream
    • The middle, epipotamal reaches are small to large sand and loam-dominated lowland rivers (LAWA river type 14 and 15) typically dominated by e.g. Barbatula barbatula, Gobio gobio, Leuciscus leuciscus and Gasterosteus aculeatus. 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: