Pool-riffle

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Pool: a deep section of stream bed with very little surface flow, typically located at the outside of a bend.

Riffle: a length of stream with a steep gravel, pebble and/or cobble dominated bed, a fast flow and a broken water surface, where the water flows swiftly over the completely or partially submerged substrate.

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