fluvial
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a river.
a meandering fluvial contour.
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produced by or found in a river.
fluvial plants.
adjective
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Relating to or inhabiting a river or stream.
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Produced by the action of a river or stream.
Other Word Forms
- transfluvial adjective
- unfluvial adjective
Etymology
Origin of fluvial
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fluviālis, equivalent to fluvi ( us ) river (derivative of fluere to flow) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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De nada sirvió que la alcaldesa Anne Hidalgo se ofreciera a darse un chapuzón en la emblemática vía fluvial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024
The bookish antiquarians may be held in public affection, but they are not going to stop the Olympics' first ever fluvial overture.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023
Landscape evolution simulations demonstrated that expansion of the Yangtze watershed since the Late Miocene could be responsible for 1 to 2 kilometers of fluvial incision.
From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, a fluvial geomorphologist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, said in a news release that the research will also help advance scientific understanding of carbon cycling from fallen trees.
From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023
A direct fluvial route, therefore, exists between the Atlantic and this far inland point.
From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by Ray, G. Whitfield
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