Definition of "riverine" [riverine]

• Relating to or resembling a river. (adjective)
• Located on or inhabiting the banks of a river; riparian: "Members of a riverine tribe ... were wading in the swamp, whose water they had impounded in a series of dams” ( Alex Shoumatoff). (adjective)
• Operating on or equipped to operate on rivers: riverine units of the Marine Corps. (adjective)

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• "They found that 4.8 billion people -- nearly 80 percent of the world's population -- live in areas with grave threats to human water security or riverine biodiversity."
• "He served in Korea as an Air Force intelligence analyst and later served in a riverine unit in Vietnam."
• "Porter served in Korea and later in Vietnam with a riverine warfare group before retiring in"