(n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
(n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
(v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
Example Sentences:
(1) With fields and fells already saturated after more than four times the average monthly rainfall falling within the first three weeks of December, there was nowhere left to absorb the rainfall which has cascaded from fields into streams and rivers.
(2) In the far east is the arid, depressed country leading down Hell’s Canyon, which bottoms out at the Snake River, which the wolves crossed when they moved from Idaho, and which they now treat more as a crosswalk than a barrier.
(3) Living by the "Big River" as a child, Cash soaked up work songs, church music, and country & western from radio station WMPS in Memphis, or the broadcasts from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday evenings.
(4) Infection level increased sharply in the age-group 6-10 years old among people residing far from the rivers.
(5) Philip Rivers intercepted on a slightly less deep heave in Washington!
(6) That has driven whole river systems to a complete population crash,” said Darren Tansley, a wildlife officer with Essex Wildlife Trust.
(7) Seventy-four strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from water and sediments of the River Porma (León, N.W.
(8) I want to follow the west bank of the river south for some 100 miles to a bluff overlooking the river, where Sitting Bull is buried – and then, in the evening, to return to Bismarck.
(9) Biological monitoring was performed for one year at the site of an orange grove on the left bank of the river.
(10) Comparatively the virus strength sinks more slowly at 4 degrees C in the more mineralized river water (figure 2).
(11) Denni Karlsson and I are standing by a glacial river as it hammers through a rocky gorge.
(12) Masood’s car struck her, throwing her into the river.
(13) So Huck Finn floats down the great river that flows through the heart of America, and on this adventure he is accompanied by the magnificent figure of Jim, a runaway slave, who is also making his bid for freedom.
(14) Expect growing localised tensions around specific watersheds between one ethnic group and another, between farmers and cities, and so forth, he warns: “Rather than India versus Pakistan, it’s Karnataka versus Tamil Nadu over the allocation of a river that is shared between those two states.” The Water Stress Index , produced by UK risk analysis firm Maplecroft, provides an indication where water-related conflicts might be most likely to occur.
(15) The relatively small reservoir and the maintenance of a minimum flow of water on the trunk river means the plant will work on average at barely 40% of its 11,200MW capacity.
(16) Photograph: KHIZR KHAN This sombre, serene oasis overlooking the Potomac river might also prove the graveyard of Donald Trump’s ambitions for the US presidency.
(17) Larval populations from the three rivers were genetically distinct.
(18) Over 40% of fish originated from private fishfarms whereas 20% were of governmental origin (governmental fishfarms, rivers, lakes) and 20% from aquaria.
(19) This polymorphism enabled us to differentiate a Hudson River population from that encountered in the Maine rivers.
(20) In its more loose, common usage, it's a game in which the rivalry has come to acquire the mad, rancorous intensity of a Celtic-Rangers, a Real Madrid-Barcelona, an Arsenal-Tottenham, a River Plate-Boca Juniors.
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.