riparian

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Fencing riparian areas is hard, and cattle can be hard on them.

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of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"

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adjective

of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"

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adjective

of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"

Example sentences

Fencing riparian areas is hard, and cattle can be hard on them.

He’s also done a lot of work on dam removal/riparian ecosystem restoration

So, in the opinion of an arborist specialized in these trees, is that damaging or not?Same for the trout and other riparian species.

We need to stop growing maize for biofuels and animal feed and implement megascale riparian planting programmes to limit the damage done by floods.

I remember telling a friend's kid, in ~2000, that if she really wanted a totally secure future, that she should quit computer programming and become a riparian lawyer.

Hydroelectric dams are by far the most effective sustainable energy source yet, but they are terrible for riparian ecosystems.

The Aswan dam was specifically built in a rare fit of foresight of this exact future... and relies heavily on Ethiopian/Sudanese submission to Egyptian riparian rights.

That's why you almost always see nuclear reactors along lakes/rivers/oceans, which is bad for other reasons as we saw with Fukushima, and all of that hot water being released wreaks havoc with riparian/marine ecosystems.

In an ideal scenario, the ground surrounding waterways would be unowned wild riparian buffers that prevent erosion and provide long stretches of contiguous habitat for animals.

It is unnecessary as the current infrastructure is sufficient if agricultural use, which contributes a relatively small amount to GDP for its large water footprint, was not prioritized were curtailed by reforming the riparian rights system.

I'm afraid that the dispersal of responsibility among many different parties who benefit under archaic "riparian rights" laws that are totally outdated and unable to be changed because no one cares enough to build the political momentum means that this issue will fester like climate change.