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A particular freshwater habitat cannot be considered in isolation. Because of the movement of water through the system, there is always some dependence on what happens upstream or in the contributing catchment area. There are no absolute boundaries and the only natural unit is the entire river basin. It is appropriate, therefore, to start by examining some of the features of river basins—their topography and the movement of water through them. Not only do these determine the nature of freshwater environment but they also provide the link between fresh waters and the general geography of a region.
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Smith, I.R. (1992). The Structure and Dynamics of River Basins. In: Hydroclimate. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2906-0_2
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