epipotamal

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ potamal.

Adjective

epipotamal (not comparable)

1. Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream
   • 2015 November 17, “Spatial Scaling of Environmental Variables Improves Species-Habitat Models of Fishes in a Small, Sand-Bed Lowland River”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The middle, epipotamal reaches are small to large sand and loam-dominated lowland rivers (LAWA river type 14 and 15) typically dominated by e.g. Barbatula barbatula, Gobio gobio, Leuciscus leuciscus and Gasterosteus aculeatus.