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river water en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Water found in or taken from a river.
   • They can be changed in various ways; for instance, river water is more turbid than that of lakes, since rivers drain water from the land, ... 1978, Haslam, River Plants, →ISBN, page 115:
   • River waters are used as drinking water and irrigation water for agricultural fields. 2008, Makoto Taniguchi, William C. Burnett, Yoshihiro Fukushima, From Headwaters to the Ocean, →ISBN:
   • All these five directly use Pavana River, thus river water quality is very important for them. 2006, C. A. Brebbia, J. S. Antunes do Carmo, Water Pollution VIII: Modelling, Monitoring and Management, →ISBN, page 67:
   • Bad weather, therefore, cannot disrupt the metronomic existence of its regular users, but river water does come in, both from the Thames and its tributary the Walbrook. [...] This may be why the line is nicknamed 'The Drain', [...] 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 110:

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Translations (5)

nl rivierwater (water in or from a river) · nb elvevann (water in or from a river) · de Flusswasser (water in or from a river) · id air sungai (water in or from a river) · hu folyóvíz (water in or from a river)