instream
Inside the current
Instream describes something occurring within a stream or river, especially relating to water flow, habitat, or ecological conditions: instream flow requirements, instream water rights.
Environmental and water policy contexts use the term to distinguish water kept in its natural channel from water diverted for agriculture or municipal use.
In digital advertising, instream refers to video ads that play within streaming content—before, during, or after the main video.
River water's measured movement
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- channelPassage for transmission
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
confluence · riparian · meander · sediment · gradient · aquatic · freshwater · perennial
Tunnel for water passage
- flumeConstructed water channel
- weirLow river barrier
- diversionRedirection of attention
- intakeAmount received or consumed
outfall · aqueduct · spillway · raceway · irrigation · drainage · fishway · dam
Real-time digital delivery
- feedSupply with sustenance
- liveTo exist or dwell
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
bandwidth · continuous · embed · player · content · video · audio · broadcast
Distribution of shares
- minimumSmallest possible quantity
- environmentalOf natural surroundings
- reservedRestrained in manner
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
appropriation · adjudication · bypass · release · requirement · mandate · threshold · seasonal
streamflow
River water's measured movement
tributary · confluence · riparian · meander · sediment · gradient · aquatic · freshwater · perennial · ephemeral
culvert
Tunnel for water passage
intake · outfall · aqueduct · spillway · raceway · irrigation · drainage · fishway · dam · barrier
streaming
Real-time digital delivery
buffering · bandwidth · continuous · embed · player · content · video · audio · broadcast · media
allocation
Distribution of shares
- minimumSmallest possible quantity
- environmentalOf natural surroundings
- reservedRestrained in manner
regulatory · appropriation · adjudication · bypass · release · requirement · mandate · threshold · seasonal · maintenance
instreambankside
Sloping ground near water
riparian · streambank · terrestrial · overbank · onshore
instreamdiverted
Turned from original path
extracted · consumptive · withdrawn · appropriated · impounded