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Fluvial vs Riparian - What's the difference?

fluvial | riparian |

As adjectives the difference between fluvial and riparian

is that fluvial is of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream while riparian is of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.

fluvial

English

Adjective

(wikipedia fluvial) (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
  • Synonyms

    * (of a river): fluviatile, riverine

    riparian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
  • * 2011 , Jim Perrin, The Guardian , 28 May 2011:
  • A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
  • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}

    Derived terms

    * hydroriparian * mesoriparian * riparianism * riparian right * xeroriparian

    See also

    * riverain