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 locations and associated vegetative communities related to or on the banks of rivers, streams, wetlands, marshes or other fresh water bodies.

Examples of Riparian in a sentence

  • Under this alternative, higher harvest levels would be allowed during the midterm of the ITPs. Riparian buffers would be 125 feet for Class I streams and 75 feet for Class II streams, with extensive timber harvest allowed within these zones.

  • To meet the long-term water needs of the Sierra Vista Sub watershed by achieving sustainable yield of the regional aquifer by 2011 and beyond to: 1) preserve the San Xxxxx Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA), and 2) ensure the long-term viability of Fort Huachuca.

  • All non-fish bearing Class II waters (except as provided for under f) below) will have a Riparian Management Zone (RMZ).


More Definitions of Riparian

Riparian means relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural water course, such as a stream, lake or tidewater.
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 zone upland the intertidal area, which consists of vegetation and features that influence the aquatic ecosystem of the intertidal area.
Riparian means the environment (soil, plants, animals) adjacent to a river or lake which affects the waterbody and which is affected by it.