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LIMNOCRENE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ecosystems
PHR

Limnocrene spring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écosystèmes
PHR

Source limnocrène.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ecosystems
DEF

A spring pool, with or without outlet, generally used for larger pools.

CONT

Three principal sorts [of natural springs arising where underground water re-surfaces] are usually recognized: those where the water flows away down a gradient (rheocrenes), those where it, initially at least, is contained in a basin (limnocrenes), and those where it egresses into a marsh (helocrenes).

CONT

A "limnocrene" is where the water table is higher than the land and forms a pond in a depression in the land, this then overflows to form a stream ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Source située dans une dépression de terrain et apparaissant dans un terrain meuble sous forme d'entonnoir.

CONT

Les sources limnocrènes sont situées dans une dépression de terrain. Elles sourdent au fond de l'eau de flaques, de mares, d'étangs, de lacs et leur débit est parfois assez important.

OBS

Sources jaillissantes (rhéocrènes), submergées (limnocrènes) et en suintements (hélocrènes), [...] dont la composition dépend des conditions microclimatiques et hydrologiques particulières engendrées par la source.

Spanish

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