What does fluvial mean?

Definitions for fluvial
ˈflu vi əlflu·vial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fluvialadjective

    of or relating to or happening in a river

    "fluvial deposits"

Wiktionary

  1. fluvialadjective

    Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream

  2. Etymology: From fluvialis.

Wikipedia

  1. fluvial

    In geography and geology, fluvial processes are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the term glaciofluvial or fluvioglacial is used.

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  1. fluvial

    Fluvial refers to anything related to rivers or streams. It is used to describe the processes, landforms, ecosystems, or phenomena associated with the behaviors and actions of rivers and streams, including erosion, deposition, and sediment transport. It is also used in the context of fluvial geology, which studies these processes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fluvialadjective

    belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant

  2. Etymology: [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.]

Wikidata

  1. Fluvial

    Fluvial is a term used in geography and Earth science to refer to the processes associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the term glaciofluvial or fluvioglacial is used.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fluvial

    flōō′vi-al, adj. of or belonging to rivers.—n. Flu′vialist.—adjs. Fluviat′ic, Flu′viatile, belonging to or formed by rivers. [L. fluvialisfluvius, a river, fluĕre, to flow.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. fluvial

    Of or belonging to a river.

Anagrams for fluvial »

  1. fluavil

  2. vialful

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fluvial in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fluvial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fluvial in a Sentence

  1. Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano:

    Drug traffickers are using other routes to transport drugs, we've seen that in recent months, now, for example, the trafficking is fluvial and there's more antwork transportation, that is, backpackers.

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