riparian

Definition

Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow."
• "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."