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• Stream restoration — is a term used in the United States to describe a set of activities that help improve the health of a river or stream. Improved health may be indicated by expanded habitat for diverse species (e.g. fish, aquatic insects, other wildlife) and… …   Wikipedia

• Stream bed — The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not. A stream bed is the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek; the physical confine of the normal water flow. The lateral… …   Wikipedia

• Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i …   Wikipedia

• Stream load — is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion continually removes mineral material from the bed and banks of the stream channel, adding this material to the regular flow of water. The… …   Wikipedia

• stream — [striːm] noun [countable] 1. a long and almost continuous series of things: stream of • Despite the steady stream of layoffs, federal statisticians are predicting growth in select industries. • The refinery will come on stream (= start producing… …   Financial and business terms

• Stream — Stream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. [1913 Webster] Beneath those… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stream — A watercourse having a source and terminus, banks, and channel, through which waters flow at least periodically, and it usually empties into other streams, lakes, or the ocean, but it does not lose its character as a watercourse even though it… …   Black's law dictionary

• stream — 1. noun /strim/ a) A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass. b) A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air) …   Wiktionary

• Mangapiko Stream — The Mangapiko Stream is mostly a low lying peat stream that flows through the heart of the Waipa district, Waikato. The stream begins near the summit of Mt Maungatautari and then weaves westward through low lying dairy farm land and eventually… …   Wikipedia

• Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander — Taxobox name = Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Shaffer et al |year=2004|id=59066|title=Ambystoma ordinarium|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a range… …   Wikipedia

• Gulf Stream — 1. a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current. 2. See Gulf Stream system. * * * Warm… …   Universalium