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Pool and rie
stream
Meandering
stream
Flow in
hyporheic
zone
Flow in
hyporheic
zone
(a)
(b)
Stream
Direction of
groundwater
flow
i
FIGURE 2.19 Hyporheic zone. Water exchange in the hyporheic zone associated with (a) abrupt changes
in the streambed slope and (b) stream meanders. (From Winter, T.C., Harvey, J.W., Franke, O.L., and Alley,
W. M ., Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource , U.S. Geological Service, Denver, CO, 1998.)
Te rrace
Floodplain
Hillslope
Early
succession
Climax
riparian forest
Upland forest
Channel
Sd
Sd
Se
Water table
Sd
Hyporheic
Groundwater
5-10 km
FIGURE 2.20 Cross-sectional view of stream corridor including hyporheic zone (Sd refers to the sediment
deposition site and Se refers to the sediment erosion). (From NRCS, National Engineering Handbook, Stream
Restoration Design , Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC,
2 0 0 7.)
 
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