Meaning of river water | Babel Free

Definitions

Water found in or taken from a river.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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, ...”

“All these five directly use Pavana River, thus river water quality is very important for them.”

“River waters are used as drinking water and irrigation water for agricultural fields.”

“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', [...]”

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