A vestibular schwannoma is a benign tumor that develops from the nerves associated with balance and hearing that supply the inner ear.
Defining the River Corridor. It is important to define precisely the area of the Floodplain that comprises the River Corridor. The Otaki Floodplain Management Plan provided a base definition to work from, for the Hutt River Corridor. That definition is summarised below: The River Corridor is the minimum area that is able to contain a major flood and. pass water safely to the sea. . The outer limit of the River Corridor, where not adjacent to the ponding and overflow path, is the. extent of the design flood. .
The River continuum concept (RCC) was an attempt to construct a single framework to describe the function of temperate lotic ecosystems from the source to the end and relate it to changes in the biotic community (Vannote et al.