The zone alongside a stream, lake, or pond that is directly influenced by water. Riparian ecosystems are characterized by a unique and sensitive mix of plants and animals.
Vegetated ecosystems along a waterbody through which energy, materials, and water pass. Riparian areas characteristically have a high water table and are subject to periodic flooding
(3) a form of wetland transition between permanently saturated wetlands and upland ares. Riparian areas exhibit vegetation or physical characteristics that reflect the influence of permanent surface or subsurface water. Typical riparian areas include lands along, adjacent to, or contiguous with perennially and intermittently flowing rivers and streams, glacial potholes, and the shores of lakes and reservoirs with stable water levels. Excluded are ephemeral streams or washes that lack vegetation and depend on free water in the soil.
The land adjacent to the normal high water line in a stream, river or lake, extending to the portion of land that is influenced by the presence of the adjacent ponded or channeled water. Riparian areas typically exemplify a rich and diverse vegetative mosaic reflecting the influence of available surface water.
The land adjacent to streams, rivers, or other bodies of water that directly affects, or is affected by, the water. A unique habitat that exists in mutual balance with the river channel. image
Area including a stream channel, a lake, a pond, or wetland, and the adjacent land where the vegetation complex and microclimate conditions are products of the combined presence and influence of perennial and/or intermittent water, associated high water tables, and soils that exhibit some wetness characteristics.
those portions of the watershed that border the bank of a river, stream or creek. Typically, channel banks and floodplain areas are also included in the riparian zone.
Areas bordering streams and rivers.
Riparian refers to the area of land adjacent to a body of water, stream, river, marsh, or shoreline. Riparian areas form the transition between the aquatic and the terrestrial environment.
a portion of land that is influenced by free water, including streamsides, riversides, wetlands and sloughs
An area of land directly influenced by permanent water. It has visible vegetation or physical characteristics reflective of permanent water influence. Lake shores and streambanks are typical areas. Excluded are such sites as ephemeral streams or washes that do not exhibit the presence of vegetation dependent on free water in the soil.
An area of land directly influenced by water. An ecosystem that is transitional between land and water ecosystems. Riparian areas usually have visible vegetative or physical characteristics reflecting the influence of water. River sides, lake borders, and marshes are typical riparian areas.
A type of habitat occurring along the bank of a water course or other water body typically consisting of water tolerant trees and shrubs such as alder, cottonwood, and willows. Many riparian areas occur as bands of vegetation along a water course, often called riparian corridors.
of, adjacent to, or living on the bank of a river, stream, or sometimes, of a lake or pond.
area with distinctive soil and vegetation between a stream or other body of water and the adjacent upland; includes wetlands and those portions of flood plains and valley bottoms that support riparian vegetation.
vegetation adjacent or near natural bodies of water (e.g. stream, river, bayou, lake, etc.)
An area of land and vegetation adjacent to a stream that has a direct effect on the stream. This includes woodlands, vegetation, and floodplains.
the land immediately adjacent to lakes, rivers, and streams.
The vegetated land near water bodies such as streams, rivers, wetlands and lakes that provides important benefits to wildlife and humans including clean water, reduced flooding and healthy habitat.
the area in and directly adjacent to a stream.
The area along a watercourse or around a lake or pond.
The area adjacent to a stream that may be subject to temporary, frequent or seasonal inundation, and supports plant species that are typical of an area of inundated or saturated soil conditions. The plant species are distinct from those plant species on freely drained adjacent upland sites because of the presence of water.
A specialized form of wetland with characteristic vegetation restricted to areas along, adjacent to or contiguous with rivers and streams. Also, periodically flooded lake and reservoir shore areas, as well as lakes with stable water.
An area, adjacent to and along a watercourse, which is often vegetated and constitutes a buffer zone between the nearby lands and the watercourse.
The land bordering a stream, pond or river; also pertaining to the vegetation typical of those borders (grasses, shrubs, and trees such as reed canary grass, spiriea, willows, ash and cottonwoods.
wet soil areas directly influenced by the water of a stream, lake, or wetland.