fluvial

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Other explanations for the deposits, such as explosive volcanism and wind deposition, can't be ruled out, Weitz said, but the distinctiveness of the features suggests a fluvial origin, she added.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream.
  2. adjective Produced by the action of a river or stream.

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  • Dinosaurs were ground-nesters and could utilize either 'upland's', deserts and forests or fluvial, lacustrine or onshore swampy environments for nests. —  RealClimate
  • Phenomena associated with flowing water are called fluvial processes. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • "This was a big surprise because no one thought we'd be seeing these extensive fluvial systems in the plains all around Valles Marineris that were formed during the Hesperian Era," Weitz said. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • Other explanations for the deposits, such as explosive volcanism and wind deposition, can't be ruled out, Weitz said, but the distinctiveness of the features suggests a fluvial origin, she added. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • "What we're seeing tells us that this light-toned layering on the plains was associated with fluvial activity that wasn't occurring just in little pockets over very brief episodes, but rather on a much larger scale for sustained time periods," she added. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
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  1. Middle English, from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius, river, from fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French fluvial = Provencal Spanish Portuguese fluvial = Italian fluviale, from Latin fluvialis, from fluvius, Old Latin flovios, a river, from fluere, flow: see fluent.
 

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