ephemeral stream
1ephemeral stream — Generally a small stream, or upper reach of a stream, that flows only in direct response to precipitation. It receives no protracted water supply from melting snow or other sources and its channel is above the water table at all times.… …
2ephemeral stream — A stream flowing only in direct response to precipitation [16] …
3ephemeral stream — noun : a stream that flows only briefly during and following a period of rainfall in the immediate locality …
4Stream — 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 …
5Ephemeral — 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 ,… …
6perennial 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 …
7intermittent 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… …
8Lick (stream) — A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks hydrologically between a rill, shown left, and a stream, shown right …
9Perennial 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… …
10Byte 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… …
