Riparian definition

Riparian means an owner of land abutting a navigable waterway.
Riparian means the owner, lessee or occupant of land that abuts a navigable body of water.
Riparian means relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural water course, such as a stream, lake or tidewater.

Examples of Riparian in a sentence

  • Our Riparian Restoration work occurs in both rural and urban settings, giving all land managers in King County an opportunity to improve natural resource conditions.

  • The WCC crew is integral to the Riparian Team’s efforts and provides a considerable percentage of onsite restoration activities.

  • For Riparian Improvement, KCD will annually report on outcomes including but not limited to: - associated natural resource benefits of land manager conservation actions - associated natural resource benefits of completed technical assistance, cost share, direct assistance and grant funded projects - associated natural resource benefits of implemented best management practices, and - associated social and equity impacts of technical assistance, cost share, direct assistance, and grant funded projects.


More Definitions of Riparian

Riparian means locations and associated vegetative communities related to or on the banks of rivers, streams, wetlands, marshes or other fresh water bodies.
Riparian means belonging or related to the bank of a river, stream, lake, pond or impoundment.
Riparian means the banks and other adjacent terrestrial environs of lakes, streams and wet areas, where transported surface and subsurface freshwaters provide soil moisture to support mesic vegetation.
Riparian means of, adjacent to, or living on, the bank of a river, lake, pond, ocean, sound, or other water body.
Riparian means of, on or pertaining to the bank of a natural course of water.
Riparian means the vegetated transitional area between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and is delineated from the natural boundary upland for a distance of 15 metres;
Riparian means of, pertaining to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water.