Lacustrine Definition

lə-kŭstrĭn
adjective
Of or having to do with a lake or lakes.
Webster's New World
Living or growing in or along the edges of lakes.
American Heritage Medicine
Found or formed in lakes.
Webster's New World
Relating to a system of inland deep-water and wetland habitats associated with lakes and reservoirs and characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Lacustrine

  • French or Italian lacustre (from Latin lacus lake) –ine

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

  • From Latin lacus (“lake”).

    From Wiktionary

Lacustrine Sentence Examples

  • Lacustrine and fluviatile deposits occur intermingled with the above.

  • In the great lacustrine depression of Nicaragua is collected all the drainage from the eastern versant of the volcanic mountains, from the sheer western escarpment of the main cordillera, and from a large area of northern Costa Rica.

  • The Lacustrine period has not yet reached its close in Russia.

  • But the great lakes which covered the country during the Lacustrine period have disappeared, leaving behind them immense marshes like those of the Pripet and in the N.E.

  • Taking their origin from a series of lacustrine basins scattered over the plateaus and differing slightly in elevation, the Russian rivers describe immense curves before reaching the sea, and flow with a very gentle gradient, while numerous large tributaries collect their waters from over vast areas.

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Words Starting With

LLALAC

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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lacustrine

Words Starting With L and Ending With E

Starts With L & Ends With EStarts With LA & Ends With EStarts With L & Ends With NE

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With L10 Letter Words Ending With E