river water

plural river waters · alternative riverwater · alternative river-water

1. countableuncountableWater found in or taken from a river.

   River waters are used as drinking water and irrigation water for agricultural fields.

   2008, Makoto Taniguchi, William C. Burnett, Yoshihiro Fukushima, From Headwaters to the Ocean, →ISBN

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   They can be changed in various ways; for instance, river water is more turbid than that of lakes, since rivers drain water from the land, ...

   1978, Haslam, River Plants, →ISBN, page 115

   All these five directly use Pavana River, thus river water quality is very important for them.

   2006, C. A. Brebbia, J. S. Antunes do Carmo, Water Pollution VIII: Modelling, Monitoring and Management, →ISBN, page 67

   Bad weather, therefore, cannot disrupt the metronomic existence of its regular users, but river water does come in, both from the Thames and its tributary the Walbrook. [...] This may be why the line is nicknamed 'The Drain', [...]

   2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 110