fluvial
Americanadjective
-
of or relating to a river.
a meandering fluvial contour.
-
produced by or found in a river.
fluvial plants.
adjective
-
Relating to or inhabiting a river or stream.
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
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
Located south of Bailique, it is the world’s largest fluvial island, about the size of Switzerland.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Adj. fluent; diffluent†, profluent†, affluent; tidal; flowing &c. v.; meandering, meandry†, meandrous†; fluvial, fluviatile; streamy†, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous†; stillatitious†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
