a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it
Word origin
[1900–05; river1 + -scape]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, elder statesman, hormone, hydroplane, internship-scape is a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of sucha view, as specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -scape include: cityscape, moonscape, seascape
Examples of 'riverscape' in a sentence
riverscape
Part of the landscape, or the riverscape.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Auxerre is vital, for the striking riverscape, the half-timbered streets and the sense of a provincial capital complete unto itself.