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
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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We have seen fluvial - or river - flooding, which is when rivers or streams burst their banks and flood surrounding areas.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
The team investigated 151 rivers around the Tibetan plateau and demonstrated that glaciers exert a first-order control on fluvial sediment yield, especially with high precipitation and in high glacier-cover basins.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
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
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
These consisted of two piers forming a seaward prolongation of the fluvial channel, begun in 1858 and completed in 1861.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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