Riparian Areas.

Riparian Areas. Three-dimensional ecotones of interaction that include terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems that extend down into the groundwater, up above the canopy, outward across the floodplain, up the near-slopes that drain to the water, laterally into the terrestrial ecosystem, and along the water course at variable widths.

Source

36 CFR § 219.19

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Scoping language

Definitions of the special terms used in this subpart are set out as follows.

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