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On average, precipitation in freshwater biome ranges from 10 to 80 inches per year.

Habitat: freshwater (Rivers, swamps)

The salamanders were found in two small streams (2 m wide, 6.5 m depth) with cold water temperature (12 to 15 °C), highly elevated oxygenation water level (78% dissolved oxygen) surrounded by small alpine grassland (Muhlenbergia sp.) and mountain forest (Pinus hartwegii and Abies religiosa).

Its habitat is the Lerma River and Lake Lerma in the Toluca Valley in the central highland of Mexico in an altitude of 2800-3000m asl.

A. ordinarium is only found at Puerto Hondo, in a small stream four miles west of El Mirador, and at Puerto Garnica, in another small stream nearby with dark, cold waters and a temperature of 12.4 °C.

Andrias scheuchzeri inhabited ponds, lakes and rivers, unlike modern Asian giant salamanders, which prefer clear, nutrient poor (oligotrophic) rivers and streams.

The species can be found in ~ 5 discrete locations, living in slow moving streams through forests dominated by Pinus hartwegii and Abies religiosa.

or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater spring, inland

The hairy-nosed otter occurs in coastal areas and on larger inland rivers, solitary or in groups of up to four.

The last official sighting was in the southern part of Kōchi Prefecture in 1979, when it was photographed in the mouth of the Shinjo River in Susaki.

The region is covered by tropical rainforest, and, while detailed habitat preferences are unknown, the weasel has mostly been recovered near rivers.

The golden jackal is abundant in valleys and beside rivers and their tributaries, canals, lakes, and seashores; however, the species is rare in foothills and low mountains.

Locally known as bufeos, it is found in some rivers in the Upper Madeira Basin of the Bolivian Amazon.

is a South American river dolphin population native to the Araguaia

It is a benthopelagic freshwater fish that lives in the Meta River and the Orinoco River in Colombia.

This fish is endemic to the lower Danube in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.

inhabits the deepest parts of the river channels and its main tributaries

This species occurs in the Upper Zambezi and Okavango Rivers

Its natural habitat is rivers.

Amazon and Orinoco River basins

Adults inhabit ponds and backwaters of small to large rivers.

South America: Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná and Parnaíba River basins.

encountering floodplains, rivers, lakes, and tributaries of different water speeds and conditions

South America: Paraguay River basin and along the lower Paraná River in Argentina

The Clanwilliam yellowfish is found in large and small rivers

weedy, clear lakes and slow-moving streams throughout its temperate, freshwater range

Tule perch live in streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries of northern and central California.

Found in rivers above tidal reaches and culture ponds

It is found in blackwater rivers of the Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru.

It occurs in lakes, ponds and slowly flowing rivers in nutrient-poor waters at depths of 0.5-3 m.

It is found in large rivers in South Asia, such as the Indus and Ganges basins.

is a species of cichlid from Rio Uaupes and Rio Preto, two side rivers of Rio Negro in Brazil

it is only known from the Mamberamo River

Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and inland deltas.

Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum, the striped sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to South America.

All currently extant species of Iniidae are native to the river basins of South America

It inhabits freshwater wetlands, marshes and swamps along slow-moving rivers and streams

The Balkhash marinka is found in lake Balkhash and the rivers of its catchment basin in Kazakhstan and in the Ili River in Xinjiang Province of western China.

South America: Ucayali River basin in Peru.

primarily along watercourses

during the 1970s it was rediscovered in the upper Blyde River

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and ponds.

This fish occupies rocky habitat in flowing river waters.

including lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams

It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, grasslands, and river valleys.

The cold, fast-flowing streams of the mountains are its habitat.

Its natural habitat is rivers.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater lakes.

spawn in the springtime in streams with fine gravels

endemic to the upper das Mortes River basin in the Araguaia drainage of central Brazil

Onychodactylus fischeri is known to live at elevations up to 1000 m, and favors thickly-vegetated stretches of pebble-bottomed mountain streams, with little direct sunlight.

Lacustrine trout mainly inhabit large lakes with calm and stratified deep water, while riverine trout forms fluvial populations typically in large rivers but sometimes in shallower creeks and alpine streams, both still m

These turtles are native to South America's Amazon and Orinoco basins, as well as rivers systems of the Guianas.

Aquatic salamander abundance has been shown to increase with increasing rock coverage, and decrease with increasing water velocity, and tend to prefer cold mountain streams and lakes.

A. ocellatus is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Peru, and Venezuela, and occurs in the Amazon River basin, along the Amazon, Içá, Negro, Solimões, and Ucayali River systems, and also

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Aporrectodea limicola, Sparganophilus spp., and several others are found in mud in streams (riparian species).

In the Namib Desert, it occurs in riverine growth along seasonal rivers, the sub-desertic pro-Namib and the adjoining inland plateau.

The bald eagle occurs during its breeding season in virtually any kind of American wetland habitat such as seacoasts, rivers, large lakes or marshes or other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish.

Natural habitats include moist, lowland forests (subtropical and tropical), high-altitude shrubland (subtropical and tropical), moist montanes and rivers (subtropical and tropical), freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, lakes and swamps.

V. amazonica is native to the still and slow-moving waters of the Amazon River basin and some other drainage basins of northern South America, growing in water up to 5.25 m deep.

It is also associated with rivers and is found in areas with nearby streams and lakes.

The western painted turtle lives in streams and lakes, similar to the other painted turtles, but also inhabits pasture ponds and roadside pools.

Since there are more breeding sites (their primary habitat is near rivers and waterfalls, but in the dry season, they tend to create breeding sites in areas that contain less water), there would be more opportunity for the mosquitos to infect the frogs thereby increasing the contagion rate.

The dragonflies breed in a variety of aquatic habitats from large ponds to dikes and slow-moving rivers, but require a plentiful supply of vegetation in the water.

In Iraq, the small Indian mongoose lives in the alluvial plains of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, where it inhabits riverine thickets, crop fields and orchards.

Among others, it occurs in rivers, streams, canals, ponds, lakes, swamps and estuaries, although it typically avoids fast-flowing waters, waters at high altitudes and the open sea.

It is one of the most common ferns in eastern North America, being found in moist and shady habitats in woodlands, stream banks and rocky slopes.

They are known to inhabit disparate ecological niches, including mosses, rivers, lakes and ponds, wetlands, soils, peat bogs, and sand dunes.

The main families have some general habitat preferences: the Baetidae favour warm water; the Heptageniidae live under stones and prefer fast-flowing water; and the relatively large Ephemeridae make burrows in sandy lake or river beds.

Antlions live in a range of usually dry habitats including open woodland floors, scrub-clad dunes, hedge bases, river banks, road verges, under raised buildings and in vacant lots.

The nymphs (technically, "naiads") are aquatic and live in the benthic zone of well-oxygenated lakes and streams.

Chytrids have been isolated from a variety of aquatic habitats, including peats, bogs, rivers, ponds, springs, and ditches, and terrestrial habitats, such as acidic soils, alkaline soils, temperate forest soils, rainforest soils, and Arctic and Antarctic soils.

Like the adults, the larvae are active predators, largely benthic inhabitants of the stream bed and aquatic plants.

The nymphs are aquatic, with different species living in a variety of freshwater habitats including acidic bogs, ponds, lakes and rivers.

They occur in moist, temperate environments such as vegetation near lakes and streams.

It grows in varying types of environments; however, in drier environments it is mostly limited to stream-side habitats, whereas in moist environments it will grow up onto slopes and ridgetops, at least as high in altitude as 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level.

Its preferred habitat is mainly rich, acidic soils in cool, moist coniferous or mixed hardwood forests, as well as near bogs, above stream banks, and on sheltered, low hillsides.

Onoclea sensibilis grows best in moist shaded or partially shaded areas, dwelling in a variety of swamp and wood habitats: wet meadows, thickets and bogs, as well as stream and riverbanks and roadside ditches.

P. subrufa is a semiaquatic animal, living in rivers, lakes, and marshes, and it also occupies rain pools and fertilized places.

He stated that it was found in lakes, rivers, and springs in the province "Karazan".

The species prefers freshwater rivers and streams, which are usually seasonally flooded, and may also take to freshwater lakes and springs.

They are usually found in or near ponds, lakes (including saline lakes), reservoirs, rivers, and streams within the above-mentioned habitats.

The marsh frog typically inhabits large bodies of water such as deep ponds and active rivers, but is highly adaptable and can occur in a wide range of environments.

This species nests in wetlands, marshes and rivers.

This species lives and breeds in small streams that flow through high-elevation pine or pine-oak woodland forests.

Breeding takes place in a range of aquatic habitats: deep volcanic lakes, shallow vernal pools, artificial cattle ponds, and intermittent, fish-free stream pools.

It was introduced in Australia in the Murray River and coastal drainages of southern New South Wales and Victoria from Europe during the 1860s and 1880s for sport purposes.

The spotted-necked otter inhabits lakes and larger rivers throughout much of Africa south of 10°N.

Its natural habitats are lowland primary forest where it is known from near fast-flowing, small streams.

Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rivers.

Although typically found in marine habitat-sometimes solitary, sometimes in pairs, sometimes in vast flocks of hundreds or thousands-it is also attracted to inland waters, including lakes, deep and open wetlands, and rivers.

As the European mink is more dependent on wetland habitats than the American species, its decline in Central Europe, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Moldova and Ukraine has been linked to the drainage of small rivers.

A migratory species, it breeds in open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands and river edges.

When deep water is already present in lakes, rivers, or larger streams, the beaver may dwell in a bank burrow and bank lodge with an underwater entrance.

This species is found in streams and turbid tropical waters in Trinidad and Venezuela.

The great cormorant nests in colonies near wetlands, rivers, and sheltered inshore waters.

Common cranes that breed in far eastern Europe, including European Russia, winter in the river valleys of Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia and Eritrea with smaller numbers in Turkey, northern Israel, Iraq and parts of Iran.

Betta imbellis lives in sluggish bodies of water, including rice paddies, swamps, streams and ponds, with a substrate composed of leaf litter and mud.

Convict cichlids are native to the lakes and streams of Central America.

In some areas, it also occurs in alpine habitats, along mountain streams.

Habitats they have been recorded in, such as the Mamoré River, are characterized by meandering, silty rivers and expansive floodplains, capable of providing nurseries for species the firewood catfish predates upon.

It is an inhabitant of the shallows of acidic brown-water forest streams.

The masked crimson tanager inhabits várzea forest, brushy areas, secondary forest, and other vegetative communities along oxbow lakes and rivers.

Eastern cottonwood needs bare soil and full sun for successful germination and establishment; in natural conditions, it usually grows near rivers, with mud banks left after floods providing ideal conditions for seedling germination; human soil cultivation has allowed it to increase its range away from such habitats.

The habitat of this species is characterized by having slopes of nearly 90 degrees, in areas occupied by intermittent streams.

In addition, A. nigrocincta inhabit areas that are more forested or mixed-culture areas, in either natural or man-made cavities near streams.

The black swan's preferred habitat extends across fresh, brackish and salt water lakes, swamps and rivers with underwater and emergent vegetation for food and nesting materials.

It prefers slower-moving areas of rivers and lakes.

It is found in tropical forests near streams and gullies.

It prefers calcareous soils and lives in damp and shady places, especially old established woods and stream banks.

They typically live in small, slow-moving spring-fed streams that receive plenty of sunlight, have a pH below 5 and a temperature between 26-28 °C (79-82 °F), but can thrive at pH 5.5-7 and 23-29 °C (73-84 °F).

They seldom head inland, but there have been recordings of them in the Canterbury area, where they travel up the large braided rivers to feed and nest.

The larvae (commonly called hellgrammites) are aquatic, living in streams, and the adults are often found along streams as well.

Anchistea virginica grows in the wet soils of open wet swampy woods, acid bogs, and along streams and roadside ditches, avoiding calcareous substrates.

Besides the logs of these trees the Sagalla caecilian can be found in the rich soil, under organic debris, or on the edges of streams and other bodies of water.

It is common in many altitudes throughout its range, from high ledges to rocky slopes and stream banks.

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is native to permanent freshwater streams, billabongs and lakes on the north coast of the Northern Territory

It usually lives in streams, ponds, and lakes.

It occurs mainly on inland rivers, pools, lakes and pans, frequenting their exposed shores.

allowing it to remain near stream banks where it typically lives.

The fire-bellied toad lives primarily in a continental climate in standing water or calmer backwaters of rivers or ponds.

occurs strictly in the Orinoco River Basin and the Upper Rio Negro watershed

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H. purcelli occurs in clear, swift-flowing, perennial mountain streams in wooded ravines and gorges in the winter-rainfall region.

It lives in fast-flowing rivers in lowland rainforest, and in secondary and agricultural habitats, including tea plantations.