A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. Riparian zones are significant i...
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an area of ecological transition between the aquatic zone and the upland zone.
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Pertaining to streambanks and streamsides. The term could possibly be expanded to include the perimeter area around dolines, particularly those which act as swallets.
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An area of ecological transition between the aquatic zone and the upland zone (e.g., the bank of a river).
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The banks and adjacent areas of water bodies, water courses, seeps and springs whose waters provide soil moisture sufficiently in excess of that otherwise available locally so as to provide a more moist habitat than that of contiguous flood plains and uplands.
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