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riverine

adjective as in coastal

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Human-caused global warming plays a role in riverine heat waves, with heat waves partially tracking air temperatures — but other factors are probably also driving the trend.

Carcasses of fish and other inhabitants were often washed into the pool, perhaps when the river flooded, but the oxygen-starved waters thwarted riverine scavengers from reaching these easy meals.

Subterranean passages ran to the Seine from No. 30, and some other riverine houses.

At night the tropical moon turned all this riverine world to the likeness of a very fairyland.

Probably none except the family Flix all along that riverine sweep of reed-bed paid a penny of rent or a tax to the Government.

He had made the trip with astonishing celerity, and had arrived at the riverine town just as a large steamer was docking.

The men were drenched and caked with the riverine clay, the very rifles were often choked.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to riverine, such as: marshy, seaside, along a coast, littoral, marginal, and skirting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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