Fluvial Definition

flo͝ovē-əl
adjective
Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream.
American Heritage Medicine
Of, found in, or produced by a river.
Webster's New World

Origin of Fluvial

  • Middle English from Latin fluviālis from fluvius river from fluere to flow bhleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fluviālis.

    From Wiktionary

Fluvial Sentence Examples

  • River channel confluences are ubiquitous features of all fluvial networks & represent sites of complex, three-dimensional flow & sediment dynamics.

  • Sediment supply, relative to fluvial transport capacity, has therefore a potentially decisive effect on the erosive power of any bedrock river.

  • The fluvial facies dominates the basal sediment portion that is overlain by an aeolian interval.

  • It is the central fluvial artery of Brazil, running from south to north for a distance of about 150o m.

  • Relating fluvial processes (erosion, transport and deposition) to the formation of fluvial landforms.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLU

Words Ending With

LALIAL

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Words Starting With F and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With L