Riparian Corridor Planning

Definitions

Corridor: cor·ri·dor
Pronunciation: 'kor-&-d&r, 'kär-, -"dor
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian corridore, from correre to run, from Latin currere -- more at CAR
Date: 1814

1 : a passageway (as in a hotel) into which compartments or rooms open
2 : a usually narrow passageway or route: as a : a narrow strip of land through foreign-held territory b : a restricted lane for air traffic
3 : a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities <the Northeast corridor stretching from Washington into New England -- S. D. Browne>

Ecotone: eco·tone
Pronunciation: 'E-k&-"tOn, 'e-k&-
Function: noun
Etymology: ec- + Greek tonos tension -- more at TONE
Date: 1904

1: a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities