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Results for “river”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • riparian

    Of, inhabiting, or located on the bank of a river or other watercourse, e.g., riparian vegetation.

    Used in 199 profiles

  • Solimões

    Name often given to the Amazon River main channel from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Brazil and Peru. Often used interchangeably with 'Amazon' to describe this stretch.

    Used in 31 profiles

  • Tubifex

    Genus of aquatic annelid worms inhabiting the sediment layer in rivers, lakes and, less frequently, sewage channels. Raised commercially and sold live, frozen or freeze-dried as fish food.

    Used in 254 profiles

  • várzea

    Type of seasonally-inundated floodplain forest in the Amazon region. The term is normally used for those forests flooded by whitewater rivers but is sometimes used to refer to blackwater environments for which the more traditional term is igapó.

    Used in 9 profiles

  • watercourse

    A natural or artificial channel through which water flows; a stream or river.

    Used in 1 profile

  • weir

    Low dam constructed across a river to raise the water level, divert the water, or control its flow; series of traps or enclosures designed to catch fishes.

    Used in 1 profile