hyporheic

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Romanian hiporeic, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + Ancient Greek ῥέος (rhéos, “flow”) + Romanian -ic. Coined by Romanian hydrobiologist Traian Orghidan in 1955. === Adjective === hyporheic Beneath or alongside the bed of a stream, where water percolates through interstices between the rocks leading to mixing of groundwater and surface water === References ===