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beheaded stream

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Limnoloogia sõnastik

ID 1153731 Last modified 21.01.2026
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Domain limnologyhydrography & oceanography
beheaded stream preferred
  • oma ülemjooksule jääva voolusängi haardjõele kaotanud vooluveekogu
  • a stream that has been separated from its original headwater drainage area by a second stream, which had greater erosive power, allowing it to drain the headwater area
  • a water course whose upper portion, through erosion, has been cut off and captured by another water course
beheaded stream preferred
enthaupteter Fluss preferred
geköpfter Fluss

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