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caractéristique > connectivité de l'habitat > connectivité fluviale

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Created: 2024-07-09T09:03:59

connectivité fluviale  

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  • Information River connectivity refers to the flow, exchange and pathways that move organisms, energy and matter throughout the watershed system. It can be described in four dimensions: longitudinal – when water flows uninterrupted along the length of a river into downstream reaches and connected water courses; lateral – floodplain and wetland connectivity; vertical – hyporheic (below the stream bed) and temporal – many scales; seasonal, multiyear, generational.

    Created: 7/9/24

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