Fluvial vs. Pluvial

Fluvialadjective

Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream

Fluvialadjective

Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.

Fluvialadjective

of or relating to or happening in a river;

Fluvialadjective

of or found in a river

Pluvialadjective

Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain

Pluvialadjective

(geology) occurring through the action of rain

Pluvialnoun

(geology) a rainy period

Pluvialadjective

Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.

Pluvialadjective

Produced by the action of rain.

Pluvialnoun

A priest's cope.

Pluvialadjective

marked by rain;

Pluvial

In geology and climatology, a pluvial is either a modern climate characterized by relatively high precipitation, or an interval of time of variable length – decades to thousands of years – during which a climate is characterized by either relatively high precipitation or humidity. Subdivisions of a pluvial, which are characterized by relatively high precipitation, are known as a subpluvials.