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Alluvial |
Material that has been depostited by flowing water |
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Benthic |
Of or pertaining to the bottom of a stream, lake, sea, or ocean |
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Colluvium |
Soil that is being transported slowly downslope due to gravitational creep |
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Emergency Spillway |
A channel for safely conveying flood discharges which exceed the capacaity of the principal spillway of a pond, lake or reservoir. Think: Bon Tempe Reservoir |
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Littoral Zone |
The area of land between the high and low tide lines |
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Marsh |
An environment where terrestrial and aquatic habitats overlap: Wetland dominated by grass |
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Mudflat |
A muddy, low lying strip of ground usually submerged, more or less completely, by the rise of the tide |
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Watershed |
An area bounded by ridges having a single outlet from which water can flow |