Meaning & use
fluvial
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Relating to or produced by a river.
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The valley's fluvial deposits reveal thousands of years of shifting river courses.
Geologists study fluvial erosion to understand how landscapes change over time.
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Derived from Latin "fluvius" (river), the term is standard vocabulary in geography, geology, and environmental science.
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riverine
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