Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or resembling a river.
- adjective Located on or inhabiting the banks of a river; riparian.
- adjective Relating to a system of inland wetlands and deep-water habitats associated with nontidal flowing water, characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
- adjective Operating on or equipped to operate on rivers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a river; resembling a river in any way.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
rivers , or located on or by a river
Etymologies
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Examples
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These people are the human "canaries" of riverine health; along with millions of dam-affected people before them, they have paid the price for a half-century of uncontrolled dam building with their farmlands, their fisheries, their forests and other natural riches that dams destroy.
Lori Pottinger: River Defenders Gather in Mexico to Warn of Global Crisis Lori Pottinger 2010
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These people are the human "canaries" of riverine health; along with millions of dam-affected people before them, they have paid the price for a half-century of uncontrolled dam building with their farmlands, their fisheries, their forests and other natural riches that dams destroy.
Lori Pottinger: River Defenders Gather in Mexico to Warn of Global Crisis Lori Pottinger 2010
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We can argue the finer points of two vs. three awards of the Purple Heart being deserved or not but there is no doubt that he served in the Navy's riverine forces in one of the most dangerous places on earth at the time – Viet Nam's rivers – and that he repeatedly faced intense close quarters combat.
Kerry endorses in PA despite spectre of 'swift boat' tactics 2010
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Many regiments raised mounted scout units; others became expert at riverine operations.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The prospects for this buck — riding a riverine ice flow somewhere equally cold — seem less cheery.
Bucks on Ice! 2009
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Porter served in Korea and later in Vietnam with a riverine warfare group before retiring in
Albert "Bud" Porter 2010
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They found that 4.8 billion people -- nearly 80 percent of the world's population -- live in areas with grave threats to human water security or riverine biodiversity.
Peter Bosshard: Global Scientific Review Finds That it Pays to Protect Rivers Peter Bosshard 2010
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They found that 4.8 billion people -- nearly 80 percent of the world's population -- live in areas with grave threats to human water security or riverine biodiversity.
Peter Bosshard: Global Scientific Review Finds That it Pays to Protect Rivers Peter Bosshard 2010
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He served in Korea as an Air Force intelligence analyst and later served in a riverine unit in Vietnam.
Alger C. Ellis 2010
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Many regiments raised mounted scout units; others became expert at riverine operations.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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“In Bangladesh, a largely flat, riverine nation where more than 140 million people live in one of the most densely populated countries in the world, past generations often moved to cities seasonally.”
The New York Times, Environmental Refugees Unable to Return Home, by Joanna Kakissis, January 3, 2010
January 4, 2010