Of or relating to a river. A riverine system includes all wetlands and deepwater habitats contained within a channel, with two exceptions: (1) wetlands dominated by trees, shrubs, persistent emergents, emergent mosses, or lichens, and (2) habitats with water containing ocean-derived salts in excess of 0.5%. A channel is an open conduit either naturally or artificially created, which periodically or continuously contains moving water or forms a connecting link between two bodies of standing water.
Referring to the entire river network, including tributaries, side channels, sloughs, intermittent streams, etc.