flowing stream

collocation in English

meaningsofflowingandstream

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flowing
adjective
uk
/ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/
moving in one direction, especially continuously ...
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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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(Definition offlowingandstreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These are the ripple formation on a mobile bed surface and on a surface that is being dissolved into aflowingstream.
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Behind the statue is a natural rock in a man-madeflowingstream.
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It represents a woodland scene aflowingstreamand a single house upon the bank.
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Plants are shown sprouting from the vase, and fish swimming in theflowingstream.
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It is a gentlyflowingstreamwith little variation in topography along most of its route.
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Can we go on steadily draining our people away from the land in an everflowingstream, denuding the land of its essential attendants?
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Wealth is not a fixed thing, but aflowingstream, which is augmented or diminished in response to a number of influences.
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The body of this stonefly is flattened and streamlined to aid in minimizing water resistance in aflowingstream.
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It has been interpreted as a fluvial sediment, deposited by a vigorouslyflowingstream, probably between ankle and waist deep.
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Its amenities include lush plantings, a waterfall, aflowingstreamthat empties into a wading pond, and rocky plateaus.
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In aflowingstream, this behavior leads them to hold their position in a stream rather than being swept downstream.
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The photographers set up studio lighting at crowded beaches and sample the passing parade like scientists who periodically dip water out of aflowingstream.
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Other flow measurement methods rely on forces produced by theflowingstreamas it overcomes a known constriction, to indirectly calculate flow.
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The rock has been interpreted as a cemented fluvial sediment, deposited by a vigorouslyflowingstream, probably between ankle and waist deep.
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In aflowingstream, this behavior leads them to hold position in a stream rather than being swept downstream by the current.
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The dechlorination half-value length is the depth of carbon required to reduce the chlorine level of aflowingstreamfrom 5 ppm to 3.5 ppm.
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The design based on separating a continuouslyflowingstreamwith air bubbles largely reduced slow, clumsy, and error prone manual methods of analysis.
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In the study the nest was found in a moderatelyflowingstream, in a clean swept gravel substrate under a rock, 20m above a riffle.
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Since water is about 800 times denser than air, even a slowflowingstreamof water, or moderate sea swell, can yield considerable amounts of energy.
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First the outdoor exhibit was remodeled to include 3 water ponds, an openflowingstream, and the addition of two new species living in the same outdoor exhibit.
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