Riparian

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/, /ɹɪˈpɛːɹɪən/

Origin

From Latin rīpārius ("relating to a riverbank") + -an.

Full definition of riparian

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
• 2011, Jim Perrin, The Guardian, 28 May 2011:A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
• 2013-01, Nancy Langston, The Fraught History of a Watery World, 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.

Derived terms

• hydroriparian
• mesoriparian
• riparianism
• riparian right
• xeroriparian