Concept: Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/C2.3
Preferred label	Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
Definition	Permanent water courses with non-turbulent water and their associated animal and microscopic algal pelagic and benthic communities. Slow-flowing rivers, streams, brooks, rivulets and rills; also fast-flowing rivers with laminar flow. The bed is typically composed of sand or mud. Features of the river bed, uncovered by low water or permanently emerging, such as sand or mud islands and bars are treated as the littoral zone (C3). Includes mid and low-altitude streams as defined by the Water Framework Directive.
Notation	C2.3
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Physis habitat from which the description is taken includes this EUNIS habitat
Has broader	C2 (Surface running waters) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	C2.31 (Epipotamal streams) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C2.32 (Metapotamal and hypopotamal streams) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C2.33 (Mesotrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C2.34 (Eutrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2397