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Record 1 2004-06-16

English

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

Unlike "true" springs, helocrene springs does not have a sharply defined source; the water runs from a larger ground patch.

CONT

The invertebrate fauna of a helocrenous spring-area in eastern Jutland, Denmark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écosystèmes
PHR

Source hélocrène.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-16

English

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

... a marshy spring, where the water seeps up through an area of soil and/or permeable rock and forms a large marshy area.

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

The invertebrate fauna of a helocrenous spring-area in eastern Jutland, Denmark.

OBS

Unlike "true" springs, helocrene spring does not have a sharply defined source; the water runs from a larger ground patch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Source créée quand la nappe phréatique est interrompue par une dépression.

CONT

On crée une source hélocrène artificielle et temporaire en creusant dans le sable ou le gravier des bords des cours d'eau, de lacs ou de mer, un trou (trou de Chappuys) dans le but de récolter la faune interstitielle qui peuple les eaux phréatiques.

Spanish

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