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rain -  Liquid precipitation. Quite a bit ...
rainshadow -  An area of reduced rainfall, usual...
range -  The entire area where a certain sp...
reach -  a portion of a stream or creek tha...
recycle -  A very sensible practice of using ...
redd -  A nest formed in river gravel by s...
refugia -  During times of climatic upheaval ...
renewable resource -  A natural resource that replenishe...
reptile -  Any of various ectothermic (cold-b...
respiration -  The metabolic process by which pla...
richness -  Total number of different taxa of ...
riparian -  The forest adjacent to rivers and ...
riparian zone -  Vegetation along streambank which ...
rodent -  A very successful group of mammals...
roost -  Bats, owls and other flying creatu...

 

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