streamflow
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- noun
- /ˈstriːmˌfloʊ/
- Specialized
:
flujo de agua
- After heavy rainfall, the streamflow in the river increased significantly.
- daily streamflow
- increased streamflow
- streamflow predictions
Examples
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Moreover, groundwater plays a crucial role in sustaining streamflow between precipitation events and especially during protracted dry periods.
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Water quality will suffer further if streamflows decline because pollutants will become more concentrated in reduced water volumes.
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In contrast, both winter and summer streamflow have increased.
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Snowpack decline and precipitation increases have, in turn, influenced streamflow.
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Until recently, however, the importance of natural streamflow variability in maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems has been virtually ignored in a management context.
Academic text (1997) -
What were the dimensions of the 1993 floods in terms of rainfall, streamflow, and control works—both surviving and damaged?
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Land cover change alters streamflows through increasing precipitation runoff from exposed soil and impervious surfaces.
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The prolonged snow retention in drifts generates greater annual and prolonged summer-season streamflow with respect to juniper-dominated catchments.
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Sheridan and Richard Lowrance, an ecologist, have shown that riparian areas control streamflow volumes and help keep sediment transport from cropland erosion to a minimum.
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The scientists measured the streamflow to assess the risk of flooding in the area.
Synonyms
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1.0
A continuous flow of people, things, or ideas
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3.6
The amount of liquid or gas that passes a point in one minute
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Streamflow joins stream ('a small river') and flow ('movement of water'). So, streamflow means how much water moves in a river, which scientists watch to predict floods and protect the water supply.