Riparian zones are narrow strips of land located along the banks of rivers.
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Riparian
//ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən//
Synonyms for "riparian" (7 found)
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26 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- крайречен adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Catalan
2 entries- riberenc adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripari adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 河岸的 adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Czech
3 entries- břehový adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- pobřežní adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- poříční adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Finnish
1 entries- jokivarsi adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
French
1 entries- rivulaire adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
German
1 entries- Ufer adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Hindi
2 entries- तटवर्ती adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- तटीय adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Hungarian
1 entries- ártéri adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Italian
4 entries- ripaiolo adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripario adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripestre adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripicolo adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Norwegian
1 entries- elverelatert adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Polish
2 entries- nadbrzeżny adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- przyrzeczny adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Portuguese
4 entries- ribeirinha adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ribeirinho adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripária adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
- ripícola adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Spanish
1 entries- ribereño adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Swedish
1 entries- strand adj (of or pertaining to a riverbank)
Sample sentences
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Riparian systems perform numerous ecosystem functions important to humans, yet are one of the most endangered forest types in the United States.
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By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach.
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A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
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