Word of the Day - fluviatile

fluviatile

/ˈfluːvɪəˌtʌɪl/
adjective
technical
Of, found in, or produced by a river.

Origin
Late 16th century: from French, from Latin fluviatilis, from fluviatus ‘moistened’, from fluvius ‘river’.

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The arroyo crossed beneath the road through a culvert designed to let water run, if and when it did. The intermittent nature of desert rains and the resulting powerful, temporary rivers makes an arroyo an odd fluviatile landform feature.