riverwater

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English

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Etymology

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From river +‎ water.

Noun

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riverwater (countable and uncountable, plural riverwaters)

  1. alternative form of river water.
    • 2002, Vladimir A. Volkov, Ola M. Johannessen, Victor E. Borodachev, Polar Seas Oceanography: An integrated case study of the Kara Sea, →ISBN:
      The rest of the marked front-like features are believed to appear due to complex processes of riverwater and seawater interaction.
    • 2007, Geochemistry International - Volume 45, Pages 841-1273, page 949:
      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.
    • 2012 -, Ariel Dinar, David Zilberman, The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture, →ISBN, page 767:
      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.