fluvial
/ˈfluːvɪəl
/adjective chiefly Geology
Of or found in a river: fluvial processes fluvial deposits...
- These units are conformably overlain by fluvial and lacustrine volcaniclastic deposits, tuffs and hyaloclastites.
- Glacial, periglacial, fluvial, and mass-movement processes dominate in mountain environments.
- As the basin filled, or the rate of subsidence relative to the influx of material lessened, subaerial fluvial deposits were emplaced.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin fluvialis, from fluvius 'river', from fluere 'to flow'.