Dictionary

water's edge en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The edge of any body of water, such as a lake or sea.
   • In contrast, peatland vegetation may or may not occur in riparian settings in Minnesota. These peatlands find themselves at the water's edge on flat landforms that have paludified—the process by which peat accumulates in response to rising water tables in areas that were formerly terrestrial. As these peatlands grow both vertically and in area, they encircle lake basins or develop their own open-water drainage […] 1996, Minnesota Environmental Initiative, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, At the Water’s Edge: The Science of Riparian Forestry: Conference Proceedings, University of Minnesota Press, page 54:
   • at the water's edge
   • Near-synonym: waterline

Forms

Relateds

waterside · riparian · Land's End

Synonyms

waterline

Translations (9)

es orilla del agua (edge of a body of water) · unm -onke (edge of a body of water) · ja 水際 (edge of a body of water) · it bagnasciuga (edge of a body of water) · it battigia (edge of a body of water) · fi rantaviiva (edge of a body of water) · unm shawpèkunk (edge of a body of water) · da vandkant (edge of a body of water) · nb vannkant (edge of a body of water)