riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, riparian corridor, and riparian strip are used to characterize a riparian zone. The word riparian is derived from...
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Riparian-zone restoration is the ecological restoration of riparian-zone habitats of streams, rivers, springs, lakes, floodplains, and other hydrologic...
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Riparian water rights (or simply riparian rights) is a system for allocating water among those who possess land along its path. It has its origins in...
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A riparian buffer or stream buffer is a vegetated area (a "buffer strip") near a stream, usually forested, which helps shade and partially protect the...
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banks. Riparian zones are transition zones between an upland terrestrial environment and an aquatic environment. Organisms found in this zone are adapted...
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extremely important. Vegetation buffer zones form a variety of landscapes as an important part of the riparian zone. Combining land and water improves the...
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Rocky Mountain National Park (section Riparian zone)
are four ecosystems, or zones, in Rocky Mountain National Park: montane, subalpine, alpine tundra, and riparian. The riparian zone occurs throughout all...
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Revetment (category Riparian zone)
for aircraft, separated by blast walls Riparian zone – Interface between land and a river or stream Riparian-zone restoration – Ecological restoration of...
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River (section Fish zonation concept)
land that interfaces with a water body is that body's riparian zone. Plants in the riparian zone of a river help stabilize its banks to prevent erosion...
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biological habitat in the immediate vicinity of a stream is called a riparian zone. Given the status of the ongoing Holocene extinction, streams play an...
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Bank (geography) (category Riparian zone)
freshwater ecology, banks are of interest as the location of riparian habitats. Riparian zones occur along upland and lowland river and stream beds. The...
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group Riparian water rights (or simply riparian rights) a system for allocating water among those who possess land along its path Riparian zone (or riparian...
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Upland and lowland (category Riparian zone)
States. Freshwater biology Highland Mountain river River reclamation Riparian zone Plateau Šipek, Mirjana; Šajna, Nina (March 1, 2024). "Lowland forest...
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meet the Bay of Bengal. The upper riparian zone of the river is called the Bhagirathi while the lower riparian zone is called the Hooghly [1]. Major and...
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Frémont's cottonwood, is a cottonwood (and thus a poplar) native to riparian zones of the Southwestern United States and northern through central Mexico...
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Erosion control (category Riparian zone)
perennial crops plasticulture polyacrylamide (as a coagulant) reforestation riparian buffer riprap strip farming sand fence vegetated waterway (bioswale) terracing...
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Levee (category Riparian zone)
Riverside slope Riverside banquette Levee crown Landside slope Landside banquette Berm Low water revetment Riverside land Levee Protected lowland River zone...
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Canebrake (category Riparian zone)
A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana. As a bamboo, these giant grasses...
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Human impact on river systems (category Riparian zone)
history. River is the main expression used for river channels themselves, riparian zones, floodplains and terraces, adjoining uplands dissected by lower channels...
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Bosque (category Riparian zone)
(/ˈboʊskeɪ/ BOHSS-kay) is a type of gallery forest habitat found along the riparian flood plains of streams, river banks, and lakes. It derives its name from...
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Polder (category Riparian zone)
A polder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔldər] ) is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as...
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High water mark (category Riparian zone)
A high water mark is a point that represents the maximum rise of a body of water over land. Such a mark is often the result of a flood, but high water...
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Land reclamation (category Riparian zone)
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land...
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Gallery forest (category Riparian zone)
few meters wide, because they depend on the water they lie along. The riparian zones in which they grow offer greater protection from fire which would kill...
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Fluvial terrace (category Riparian zone)
Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level...
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Paddy field (category Riparian zone)
wetlands use paddy cultivation. The majority of paddy land is in the dry zone, and it uses special irrigation systems for cultivation. The water storing...
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Yazoo stream (category Riparian zone)
A Yazoo stream (also called a Yazoo tributary) is a geologic and hydrologic term for any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain...
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watershed include alpine tundra, subalpine forests, montane woodlands, and riparian zones. Evidence of human habitation in the San Luis Valley dates back about...
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Flood-meadow (category Riparian zone)
Partnership; 2016) Wetlands portal Coastal plain Field Flooded grasslands and savannas Plain Prairie Riparian zone Wet meadow Floodplain Berm v t e v t e...
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springs and access to natural resources, such as riparian water rights and access to the riparian zone of rivers or streams. Intangible examples may include...
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