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stream oder
(English) A classification of stream complexity based on the number of tributaries. The smallest unbranched tributary in a watershed is called order 1; a stream formed by the confluence of two order 1 streams is called order 2; a stream formed by the confluence of two order 2 streams is called order 3; and so on.

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