slow current

collocation in English

meaningsofslowandcurrent

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slow
adjective
uk
/sləʊ/us
/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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current
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a ...
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(Definition ofslowandcurrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At the microhabitat scale, this species selectively utilized stream margins withslowcurrentand fine substrates.
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Thalamic bursting mechanism: an inwardslowcurrentrevealed by membrane hyperpolarization.
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It lives in the middle and lower reaches of rivers withslowcurrent.
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They are found in low-movement waters with aslowcurrentand a muddy, silty, or sandy bottom.
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They prefer aslowcurrentof clear to slightly turbid water, with a muddy or sandy bottom.
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There is generally aslowcurrent, usually just enough to allow guests to gently ride along lying on rafts.
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This is an abundant fish ccurring in canals, swamps, lakes and streams withslowcurrentand dense vegetation.
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It inhabits creeks and headwaters, living in pools with veryslowcurrent.
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It is a simple circulation model that posits the existence of aslowcurrentin the winter hemisphere which redistributes air from the tropics to the extratropics.
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Its nonbreeding habitat is small to moderately large streams with a moderate to slow currents.
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The species is usually found in water with slow currents, river coves and lakes.
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The leaves, that can range in size from less than 1 m to 2 m long, slow currents, providing calm environments for many species of mollusks and other invertebrates.
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