Talk:Riparian strips

zone or strip
i have only seen this in the technical literature as "riparian zone". is this a regional thing? Anlace 20:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

merger
this merger is logical. both articles address the same point. riparian is an adjective and should not be the surviving name. i would propose the surviving name be Riparian zone...what do others think? Anlace 20:31, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * First up, I agree that "riparian" is an adjective and should not be the title of the page. Further, to me, a riparian zone is the ecotone (ecological interface) between a water course and land. It makes no assumption about what is actually living there. Does "riparian strip" imply there is a certain quantity of higher plants growing? I don't really use the term enough to know. If the implication is absent of weak, I agree with the merger, and the final page being "riparian zone". Cheers, Daniel Collins 20:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)