Global distribution of intermittent rivers and streams (IMAGE)

McGill University

Global distribution of intermittent rivers and streams

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Rivers and streams that do not flow year-round occur in all climates and across all continents, whether they are Himalayan snow-fed creeks, Saharan wadis that only occasionally fill with water, kilometre-wide rivers on the Indian sub-continent or small forested streams of British Columbia.

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