riverscape
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A scene on a river, or a picture representing such a scene.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun A landscape that features a river
Examples
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Vincent Van Gogh took up painting in that year, and Monet painted Sunset on the Seine in Winter, and the sculptor Rodin turned out The Thinker, and Renoir began his riverscape masterpiece, Luncheon of the Boating Party.
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A barrier dam across the entire estuary at one or another point in the freshwater section could prevent such penetration, but would be hugely expensive and undoubtedly more obtrusive on a much-used part of the riverscape than most upstream reservoirs could possibly be.
The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior
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You look out through your mosquito net each morning, over the table and chairs on your balcony, at the riverscape just beyond.
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Tower Bridge (often misrepresented as London Bridge, and in any case a massive blot on the riverscape), and Pearly Kings and Queens talking Cockney; just as there is, I dare say, more to New York than that ostentatious skyline and the tawdry glitter of Broadway.
Note
The word 'riverscape' is formed from 'river' and '-scape' (from 'landscape').
