单词 | river corridor |
释义 | > as lemmasriver corridor river corridor n. a narrow stretch of land comprising a river and the areas adjacent to it, esp. one important as a route for movements and communications; a (narrow) river valley. ΚΠ 1924 F. K. Ward From China to Hkamti Long x. 168 In the Marches, east of the river corridor—where the Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, and Irrawaddy swing out of Tibet—the rainfall is far less on the west side. 1969 Times 8 Feb. 8/5 The 7th [Division] is reckoned to be trying slowly to work from Cambodia down the Saigon river corridor. 1989 Nature Conservancy May–June 35/2 A conservation easement on 152 acres safeguards a stretch of river corridor—nesting habitat for federally protected bald eagles. 2000 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Apr. 52/3 We'd passed other sites along the river corridor where the circular stones used to anchor skin tents marked centuries-old summer settlements. < as lemmas |
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