Hyphoreic zone
The hyphoreic zone is the: ‘Region of sediment and porous space beneath and alongside a stream bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surface water.
Ref Culvert, screen and outfall manual, (CIRIA C786) published by CIRIA in 2019.
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