Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses
Description (English)
Permanent water courses with fast-flowing turbulent water and their associated animal and microscopic algal pelagic and benthic communities. Rivers, streams, brooks, rivulets, rills, torrents, waterfalls, cascades and rapids are included. The bed is typically composed of rocks, stones or gravel with only occasional sandy and silty patches. Features of the river bed, uncovered by low water or permanently emerging, such as gravel or rock islands and bars are treated as the littoral zone (C3). Includes high, mid and low-altitude, usually small to medium-sized streams as defined by the Water Framework Directive.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code C2.2 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batrachion fluitantis Neuhäusl 1959 | Vegetation of crowfoot and milfoil rooted macrophyte communities of shallow moving freshwaters of Europe | Ranunculion fluitantis Neuhäusl 1959 nom. mut. propos.; Callitricho-Batrachion Den Hartog et Segal 1964 p.p. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 24.1 | Rivers and streams | wider |
| CORINE Land Cover | 5.1.1. | Water courses | n/a |
| Ramsar Wetland Types | M | Permanent rivers/streams/creeks | wider |
| Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK) | 25 | Chalk rivers | narrower |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 1.2.2 | Zone de l'ombre (hyporhitron) | narrower |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 1.2.4 | Zone supérieure de la truite (épirhitron) | narrower |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 1.2.3 | Zone inférieure de la truite (métarhitron) | narrower |
| Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 8130000 | Podhorský tok | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | C2.2 | Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | C2.2 | Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | C2.2 | Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | C2.2 | Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 24.1 | Part of Rivers and streams | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 24.1 | Part of Rivers and streams | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 24.1 | wider | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 24.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 24.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 24.1 | wider |
