What's the difference between amphibious and riverine?
Amphibious
Definition:
(a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
(a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
(a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
Example Sentences:
(1) MT" In late April, it became known that the Spanish were planning to hold an amphibious exercise "at a training area about 35 miles west of the Rock", an Ministry of Defence note said.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Amphibious camels returning to Africa’ at Bamba Issa in Forte dei Marmi, 1969.
(3) Amphibious vision is provided by a flattened area within the cornea.
(4) The Marine Air-Ground Task Force stationed there specialises in the exact amphibious operations and integration with air assets which would be necessary to enforce the kind of intervention that Tillerson has called for.
(5) Abu Khattala is currently held aboard the USS New York, an amphibious transport dock, similar to the unwitting trips on US navy ships taken by two earlier terrorist suspects, the Somalian Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame and Abu Khattala's fellow Libyan, Liby.
(6) Research on the transmission of Hemiurid Trematode Halipegus ovocaudatus in experimental and natural conditions demonstrates the following: --the miracidium grows into a sporocyst producing rediae in the Mollusc Planorbis planorbis; -- the cystophorous cercariae become mesocercariae in the hemocoele of Copepodes or finally Ostracodes when swallowed; -- the mesocercariae become matacercariae in the mesenteron of larval Odonates (Zygoptera and Anisoptera) when these larvae swallow the Crustacea; -- the metacercariae become become adults in the Amphibial Rana ridibundal perezi which feeds on dragonflies.
(7) This is the Royal Navy’s description of the vessel : Echo was launched at Appledore in Devon in 2002, and was designed to carry out a wide range of survey work, including support to submarine and amphibious operations, through the collection of oceanographic and bathymetric (analysis of the ocean, its salinity and sound profile) data.
(8) George Little, the Pentagon press secretary, said Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, also known as Ikrima, was the focus of the pre-dawn amphibious assault that was beaten back after a heavy firefight.
(9) Commander Gavin Edward, coordinating the ship’s arrival on the jetty at Taranto, southern Italy, said: “The speed with which the Italian Red Cross, police and government officials have received these survivors has been really impressive and as a result we should be able to set sail later this afternoon.” Inside the towering grey sides of the amphibious warship, the 450 members of the ship’s company were preparing to return to its search and rescue mission.
(10) The number of destroyers and frigates will be cut from 23 to 19 and the navy will loose an amphibious landing vessel.
(11) Most of the work will be carried out from the banks because it is safer, but workers also hope to use an amphibious dredger and could operate from pontoons in the river.
(12) Capable of collecting an array of military hydrographic and oceanographic data, due to her multi-role capability Echo is also equipped to support mine warfare and amphibious operations.
(13) Officials said the USS San Antonio, an amphibious ship with several hundred US Marines on board, had arrived in the region for a different reason but given the current situation it was being kept near the destroyers "as a precaution", the Reuters news agency reported.
(14) The morphology of the ophthalmic cornea in the blenniid fish Coryphoblennius galerita (Teleostei) shows adaptation to the amphibious life.
(15) To rapidly deploy troops as the situation unfolds, mobile deployment capability and amphibious capability are also important."
(16) The morphology of the incomplete cranial remains, however, gives no evidence that Pakicetus was an amphibious intermediate stage.
(17) The navy also secured a new amphibious assault capability.
(18) Using natural openings as routes for penetration probably provides a selective advantage in a host-parasite system in which the target mollusc is amphibious: we presume that the miracidia inside these natural openings are protected against desiccation when the snail leaves the water, and that they can subsequently invade the tissues.
(19) On Wednesday China reportedly sent two amphibious ships equipped with anti-air missiles as further defence.
(20) The navy's fleet of frigates, amphibious vessels, and other surface ships, will also be cut.
Riverine
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) pseudopunctipennis larvae were positively associated with filamentous algae, altitude and the presence of Heteranthera if encountered in a riverine setting, and were negatively associated with water depth.
(2) In the Congo basin, many disabled people, who are exempt from ferry fares, smuggle goods across the waters dividing the nations' riverine capitals.
(3) Of the four tsetse species previously reported from the area, only the riverine species, G.p.palpalis and G.tachinoides, were encountered during the investigation.
(4) In accordance with this, onchocerciasis is widespread throughout Sierra Leone and vector biting has been recorded away from riverine breeding sites.
(5) Two trapping methods were compared during a survey of the distribution of tsetse flies in the Mbororo cattle breeding area of the Central African Republic: (a) several traps dispersed throughout the riverine forest galleries and remaining only one day at each site: (b) one sentinel trap placed at the cattle drinking point and remaining for several days.
(6) Twenty-eight stocks (78%) were identified using DNA probes specific for: (a) Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense savannah type, (b) T. (N.) congolense riverine-forest type, (c) T. (N.) simiae and (d) Trypanozoon, T. simiae and savannah type T. congolense were found only in G.m.
(7) Vibrio species tolerant of low salt levels and aeromonads were widely distributed in riverine locations but more halophilic species were restricted to more saline areas.
(8) There was a rising trend in malaria incidence in riverine villages outside the programme.
(9) Later Buckley was successful in eradicating Simulium neavei from the small Riana focus in Kenya by clearing riverine forest.
(10) Flies restricted to the riverine gallery forest in the dry season become dispersed into approximately 1 km of the Acacia thickets in the wet season.
(11) A 2015 Freeport McRoRan report on working towards sustainable development said: “PTFI has engaged with indigenous Papuan tribes for decades, including through numerous formal agreements to promote workforce skills training, health, education and basic infrastructure development … In 2015, PTFI continued to evaluate the effectiveness of alternate options for Kamoro community members whose estuary transport routes are impacted by sedimentation associated with the controlled riverine tailings management system.
(12) The continent fostered an astounding cultural diversity in every available eco-niche, from coast to deserts and from riverine lowlands to high montane grasslands.
(13) A 15-month longitudinal study was carried out in four riverine communities of the Niger Delta to ascertain the impact of the environment and occupation on the transmission and infection pattern of the human hookworm Necator americanus.
(14) Vibrio and Vibrio-like bacteria were isolated from water, sediments, plants and faeces from eight riverine sites in South East Queensland, Australia, using filtrations, enrichments and selective growth on thiosulphate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose (TCBS) and Simidu agars.
(15) Ultra low volume (ULV) ground application of technical malathion as a supplementary malaria control measure was carried out in two riverine villages of South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu which had high persistent transmission since 1975.
(16) A year-long survey on the distribution of motile Aeromonas species in the surface waters of riverine and marine environments was conducted.
(17) Both the savannah and riverine-forest groups of T. congolense were present, although the riverine-forest form was found only in G.p.
(18) The effects of leachates in groundwaters entering streams on the riverine environment and aquatic life have not been determined.
(19) The individuals were interviewed through a questionnaire designed by Horne and Ostberg (1976), with the language of the questions adjusted to the way-of-life of the riverine people.
(20) Investigations indicate that the organism, including toxigenic strains, can survive and multiply in the riverine environment.