Rivers and creeks continue to flow underground when they dry up at the surface
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Rivers and creeks that appear dry at the surface frequently maintain subterranean water flow and moisture within their hyporheic zones and subsurface sediments.
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Alteration of the Ecohydrological Status of the Intermittent Flow Rivers and Ephemeral Streams due to the Climate Change Impact (Case Study: Tsiknias River)
2021 · cited by 15
Discusses how intermittent and ephemeral rivers maintain subsurface hyporheic and edaphic aquatic states when surface flows cease.
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Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams.
2022 · cited by 6
Explains that when surface water dries in nonperennial streams, flow or moisture is retained in the subsurface sediments of the hyporheic zone.