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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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
True words tell, though tattlers twist 'em, and a "mighty fluvial system" You have opened up no doubt to civilisation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. by Various
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