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INSULATED STREAM [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Stream or stretch of stream, perched or not, which with respect to groundwater neither contributes water to the saturated zone, nor receives water from it.

OBS

It is separated from the saturated zone by an impermeable bed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Cours d'eau, perché ou non, à lit colmaté, sans liaison hydraulique ni échange d'eau en aucun sens avec les aquifères riverains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Curso de agua o tramo de éste, colgado o no, que ni recibe ni aporta agua a la zona saturada de las aguas subterráneas. Está separado de la zona saturada por un lecho impermeable.

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