riverwater

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A form of river water — Water found in or taken from a river.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounriverwater (countable and uncountable, plural riverwaters)

plural riverwaters

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of river water.

    The rest of the marked front-like features are believed to appear due to complex processes of riverwater and seawater interaction.

    2002, Vladimir A. Volkov, Ola M. Johannessen, Victor E. Borodachev, Polar Seas Oceanography: An integrated case study of the Kara Sea, →ISBN
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    The relative abundance of clay minerals (except montmorillonite) in the Gzhel clay is close to that in the particulate matter in riverwaters around the world.

    2007, Geochemistry International - Volume 45, Pages 841-1273, page 949

    In the face of litigious challenges undermining its control of riverwater, the Fresno Group used its power to protect its economic interests by initiating and guiding the transformation of unenforceable water right claims into strong private property contract rights to the lower flows of riverwater.

    2012 -, Ariel Dinar, David Zilberman, The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture, →ISBN, page 767

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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