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RIPARIAN MELTWATER CHANNEL MARSH [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Riparian meltwater channel marsh: These marshes develop in abandoned channels or in underfit stream channels situated in broad spillway valleys and postglacial alluvial and outwash plains where water flow is ephemeral or discontinuous. The primary water source in the marsh is from surface flow and groundwater inflow.

Key term(s)
  • riparian melt water channel marsh

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Marais riparien de chenal de fonte : Ces marais se forment dans les chenaux abandonnés ou dans les chenaux de cours d'eau sous-adapté de vastes vallées déversoirs et les plaines alluviales et d'épandage fluvio-glaciaire post-glaciaires où l'écoulement de l'eau est spasmodique ou discontinu. La principale source d'eau du marais provient de la circulation de surface et du déversement de l'eau souterraine.

Spanish

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