{{Short description|Portion of a stream (usually the upper portion) fed by meltwaters}}

The '''Kryal''' is the portion of a stream (usually the upper portion) fed by meltwaters from a glacier, permafrost or permanent ice-fields.<ref>{{cite book | last=Moss | first=B.R. | title=Ecology of Fresh Waters: A View for the Twenty-First Century | publisher=Wiley | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-118-68779-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPHb9hC-2w4C&pg=PA104 | access-date=2021-07-29 | page=104}}</ref>

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