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- adjective Without a river or rivers.
Etymologies
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Aruba is a small, generally flat, riverless island in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the coast of Venezuela.
Aruba 2009
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Arubaa flat, riverless island renowned for its white sand beaches; its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is almost constant at about 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit)
Geography-note 2008
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Pulling out the water, floating down the river, whistling, disappointed and riverless.
Archive 2006-08-01 Lemon Hound 2006
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Pulling out the water, floating down the river, whistling, disappointed and riverless.
Three Joshuas: Beckman, Clover and Corey Lemon Hound 2006
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Drive down the canyons of Manhattan, look up at the plate glass, and see the serried ranks of treadmill runners, roadless cyclists, snowless skiers, and riverless rowers.
The Sorrow and the Pilates Gill, A.A. 2004
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These cenotes served not only as passageways to the afterlife but as lifelines for the present: In this riverless land, the Maya depended on the cenotes as their primary source of water.
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In this riverless land, the Maya depended on the cenotes as their primary source of water.
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Drive down the canyons of Manhattan, look up at the plate glass, and see the serried ranks of treadmill runners, roadless cyclists, snowless skiers, and riverless rowers.
The Sorrow and the Pilates Gill, A.A. 2004
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The singular topographical formation of Mexico has robbed it of natural irrigation facilities -- steep slopes facing the oceans and a high riverless plateau war against the retention and absorption of the rain-waters, and the run-off is consequently excessively rapid.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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Maya words meaning the "Mouth of the Well," and it serves to show the value in which these singular water-supplies were held in this riverless region of Yucatan.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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