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Main Entry:	riparian
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	pertaining to the banks of a river or stream
Etymology:	Latin ripa 'bank, shore'

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ri·par·i·an

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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.

–noun

2.	Law. a person who owns land on the bank of a natural watercourse or body of water.

[Origin: 1840–50; < L rīpāri(us) that frequents riverbanks (rīp(a) bank of a river + -ārius -ary) + -an

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ri·par·i·an Audio Help (rĭ-pâr'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, on, or relating to the banks of a natural course of water.

[From Latin rīpārius, from rīpa, bank.]

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riparian

"of or pertaining to river banks," 1849, from L. riparius "of a river bank," from riparia "shore," later used in ref. to the stream flowing between the banks, from ripa "(steep) bank of a river, shore," probably lit. "break" (and indicating the drop off from ground level to the stream bed), or else "that which is cut out by the river," from PIE base *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (cf. Gk. ereipia "ruins," eripne "slope, precipice;" O.N. rifa "break, to tear apart;" Dan. rift "breach," M.H.G. rif "riverbank, seashore;" cf. riven, rift, rifle).

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riparian
adjective
of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"

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riparian Audio Help (rĭ-pâr'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or inhabiting the banks of a natural course of water. Riparian zones are ecologically diverse and contribute to the health of other aquatic ecosystems by filtering out pollutants and preventing erosion. Salmon in the Pacific Northwest feed off riparian insects; trees such as the black walnut, the American sycamore, and the cottonwood thrive in riparian environments.

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Main Entry: ri·par·i·an
Pronunciation: r&-'per-E-&n
Function: adjective
: of or relating to or living or located on the bank of awatercourse (as a river or stream) or sometimes a lake; broadly : of or relating to or living or located on the bank of a body of water —compare LITTORAL

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Riparian

Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Arrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Arriving.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.]

1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." --Shak.

[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. --Holland.

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. --Macaulay.

2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.

To arrive at, or attain to.

When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers.

We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. --McCosh.

If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.

3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.

4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. --Waller.

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