Riverine Definition

rĭvə-rīn, -rēn
adjective
On or near the banks of a river; riparian.
Webster's New World
Of, like, or produced by a river or rivers.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
Operating on or equipped to operate on rivers.
Riverine units of the Marine Corps.
American Heritage

Origin of Riverine

  • river +"Ž -ine

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Riverine Sentence Examples

  • The riverine tribes build excellent canoes and large" fighting "boats, and are almost uniformly expert boatmen and fishermen and live much on the water; so much so that Hermann von Wissmann and other travellers were struck by the insignificant leg development of several of these tribes.

  • Colorful Altamira Orioles and Green Jays inhabit the riverine woodlands, where Spanish Moss forms curtains on the branches of trees.

  • River Mease Derbyshire; Leicestershire; Staffordshire The River Mease is a good example of a riverine population of spined loach Cobitis taenia.

  • These Bantu races may be further divided into plain, forest and riverine tribes.

  • The junction of the last two provided us with the opportunity of birding riverine habitats next to an old dam complex.

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Words Starting With

RRIRIV

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

riverine

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With E