riparian English

Meaning riparian meaning

What does riparian mean?

riparian

— adjective of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream riparian land

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riparian English » English

coastal

littoral

riverside

riverain

inshore

fluvial

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Movie subtitles

Even the casino itself, that riparian Gomorrah, shall suffer no harm.

Half the riparian forest around here, half of it, has gone as a result of beavers.

News and current affairs

But China is now pursuing major inter-basin and inter-river water transfer projects on the Tibetan plateau, which threatens to diminish international-river flows into India and other co-riparian states.

No other country has ever managed to assume such unchallenged riparian preeminence on a continent by controlling the headwaters of multiple international rivers and manipulating their cross-border flows.

In fact, by shifting its frenzied dam building from internal rivers to international rivers, China is now locked in water disputes with almost all co-riparian states.