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Estuarine vs Riverbank - What's the difference?

estuarine | riverbank |

As an adjective estuarine

is of or pertaining to an estuary.

As a noun riverbank is

a sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

estuarine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to an estuary
  • (geology) Formed in an estuary by alluvial deposition
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    riverbank

    English

    Noun

  • A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
  • * 1900 — , ch 8
    • "The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.