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View synonyms for riverine
riverine
/ ˈrɪvəˌraɪn /
adjective
- of, like, relating to, or produced by a river
- located or dwelling near a river; riparian
riverine
/ rĭv′ə-rīn′,-rēn′ /
- Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river.
- Relating to a system of inland wetlands and deep-water habitats associated with nontidal flowing water, characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
- Compare lacustrine
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- trans·river·ine adjective
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Example Sentences
Subterranean passages ran to the Seine from No. 30, and some other riverine houses.
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At night the tropical moon turned all this riverine world to the likeness of a very fairyland.
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Probably none except the family Flix all along that riverine sweep of reed-bed paid a penny of rent or a tax to the Government.
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He had made the trip with astonishing celerity, and had arrived at the riverine town just as a large steamer was docking.
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The men were drenched and caked with the riverine clay, the very rifles were often choked.
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