Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
ephemeral stream — A stream flowing only in direct response to precipitation [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
ephemeral stream — noun : a stream that flows only briefly during and following a period of rainfall in the immediate locality … Useful english dictionary
Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i … Wikipedia
Ephemeral — things (from Greek εφήμερος ephemeros , literally lasting only one day [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2345743 Ephemeros] , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon ,… … Wikipedia
perennial stream — A stream or reach of a stream that flows continuously throughout the year and whose surface is generally lower than the water table adjacent to the region adjoining the stream. Compare: ephemeral stream, intermittent stream. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
intermittent stream — A stream, or reach of a stream, that does not flow year round (commonly dry for 3 or more months out of 12) and whose channel is generally below the local water table; it flows only when it receives a) base flow (i.e., solely during wet… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Lick (stream) — A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks hydrologically between a rill, shown left, and a stream, shown right … Wikipedia
Perennial stream — A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its bed all year round during years of normal rainfall. Perennial streams are contrasted with intermittent streams which normally cease… … Wikipedia
Byte stream — In computer science, a byte stream is a bit stream, in which data bits are grouped into units, called bytes. In computer networking the term octet stream is sometimes used to refer to the same thing; it emphasizes the use of bytes having the… … Wikipedia
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
