1830 Oct. 603/2 Thou glory of Argyleshire, rill-and-river-fed, sea-arm-like, floating in thy majesty, magnificent Lock Awe!]
1848 E. Peel 26 The river-fed lagoon, pike-haunted, black, And still as death.
1913 E. F. Benson i. 21 A strip of river-fed grasses and herbs of the waterside.
1995 July 39 (caption) Dense grasses fringe this river-fed reservoir north of Eastend, Sask.