slow-moving stream
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stream
noun[C]
uk/striːm/us/striːm/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ...
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If you get stuck behind a lorry or other slow traffic, the position is hopeless, and at the week-ends the traffic piles up into an endlessslow-movingstream.
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Hundreds of lakes, ponds, and slow-moving streams link to provide routes ranging from under 1mi km to weeklong treks.
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It prefers slow-moving streams containing a sandy bottom and heavily vegetated banks.
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The habitat consists of swampy tussock grasslands and margins of slow-moving streams.
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Living species are mostly aquatic or semi-aquatic in clear ponds and slow-moving streams.
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It lives in slow-moving streams, ponds and lakes during its aquatic breeding phase.
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Its habitat includes acidic, low-nutrient freshwater bodies such as ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, and ditches.
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They are semi-aquatic and live in wetland habitats such as ponds, lake shores, and they can also inhabit slow-moving streams.
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It grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams.
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Males call at night near temporary ponds and slow-moving streams.
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It grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, marshes, and slow-moving streams.
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It grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, ditches, vernal pools, and slow-moving streams.
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It is a mostly aquatic species usually frequenting slow-moving streams and shallow mountain lakes.
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Its typical habitat is lakes, marshy ponds, ditches and slow-moving streams.
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Their habitats are found generally near permanent bodies of water, which can include lakes, ponds, slow-moving streams, and marshes.
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They are found in permanent ponds, swamps, marshes, and slow-moving streams throughout forest, open, and urban areas.
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