kryal

noun

1. The portion of a stream fed by meltwaters from ice.

   “Steffan believed that kryal chironomids derive their nutrition from wind-blown organic particles that are released from the ice as it melts.”

   “These efforts will examine the nature of glacier fluctuation influences on habitat for keystone biota such as salmonids, the response of the zoobenthic community and its structures within the kryal and rhithral stream segments and associated riparian zones.”

   “Previous kryal systems will follow expected successional changes in habitat properties with concomitant changes in biodiversity and ecosystem fuction.”