interrupted stream

…Japan is a humid region, so there are no intermittent streams, but the Minami River, which is found in the gravelly alluvial fan, is a type of intermittent stream that flows only during floods. However, because there is a constant flow downstream, it is also called an interrupted stream. [Matsuda Iwaya] …

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…日本は湿潤地域なので間欠河流はないが，砂礫質の扇状地にみられる水無川は，洪水時にのみ流水がみられる一種の間欠河流である。しかし，下流側には恒常流がみられるので，間断河川interrupted streamともいう。【松田 磐余】。…

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