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Referring to river bank rain pair recollected (8)

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riparian

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'referring to river' is the definition.
(riparian means relating to river banks)

'rain pair recollected' is the wordplay.
'recollected' is an anagram indicator (letters recollected and rearranged).
'rain'+'pair'='rainpair'
'rainpair' is an anagram of 'RIPARIAN'.

'bank' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for riparian that I've seen before include "living by the river" , "near a river" , "Relating to a river bank" , "Relating to a riverbank - Iran pair (anag)" , "associated with banks" .)

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