river
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concept
A river is a natural flowing body of water, usually freshwater, that moves continuously along a defined channel from higher elevations toward lower ones, often emptying into a sea, lake, or another river.
Aliases (50)
- waterway ×90
- tributary ×59
- watercourse ×44
- transboundary river ×37
- stream ×34
- international river ×14
- creek ×13
- distributary ×11
- natural watercourse ×11
- river reach ×7
- sacred river ×5
- urban river ×5
- European river ×3
- Himalayan river ×3
- coastal river ×3
- freshwater river ×3
- inland river ×3
- major river ×3
- mountain river ×3
- mountain stream ×3
- tidal river ×3
- ancient river name ×2
- international river of Europe ×2
- river rapid ×2
- seasonal river ×2
- small river ×2
- trans-Himalayan river ×2
- Alpine river ×1
- ancient river ×1
- blackwater river ×1
- canalised river navigation ×1
- chalk river ×1
- desert waterway ×1
- distributary river channel ×1
- freshwater flow-way ×1
- glacial river ×1
- glacial-fed river ×1
- holy river ×1
- intermittent boundary river ×1
- intermittent international river ×1
- intermittent river ×1
- major European river ×1
- major river of India ×1
- major river of North America ×1
- natural river channel ×1
- prairie river ×1
- rapids ×1
- river channel ×1
- river headwaters ×1
- river in Maryland ×1
Instances (showing first 500 of 1,200)
- Great Falls of the Potomac ("rapids")
- Schuylkill River
- Kaveri
- Guayas River
- Garonne
- River Ribble
- Willamette River
- Napo River
- Euphrates
- Columbia River
- Tiber
- Indus River
- Arthur Kill ("waterway")
- Zambezi River
- Kennebec River near Skowhegan, Maine ("river reach")
- Kura River
- Limpopo River
- Danube
- Tigris
- Mtkvari River
- Hunter Brook ("stream")
- Scheldt
- Chicago River
- Gardon River
- Ravi River
- Yangtze River
- River Croal
- Rhine
- Strait of Gibraltar ("waterway")
- Calumet River
- River Medlock
- Moskva River
- Allier River
- Williams River
- Chemnitz River
- Hunter River
- Manitoba
- China Brook ("stream")
- Jhelum River
- Paterson River
- Lek
- Niger River
- Colorado River near present-day Needles, California ("river reach")
- Yellow River
- Elbe
- Spencer Brook ("stream")
- Nicaragua
- Tennessee River
- Trent
- River Irk
- Mekong River
- Amazon River
- North Esk River
- Lena River
- Orinoco River
- River Clyde
- Eno River
- Amur River
- Chenab River
- Paraná River
- River Mole
- Charles River
- Qiantang River
- Beas River
- Saône River
- Little River
- Croton River
- River Tay
- Huai River
- Sutlej River
- Isère River
- Po River
- Mapocho River
- River Tweed
- Durance River
- Delaware River
- Rhône River
- Río Negro
- Benue River
- Ain River
- Pocantico River
- Rednitz
- Chubut River
- Ardèche River
- Sabarmati River
- River Almond
- Drôme River
- Rímac River
- Río Magdalena
- River Esk
- Ouvèze River
- River Carron
- Rivière des Prairies
- Sorgue River
- Gaja stream
- Missouri River
- Dardanelles ("waterway")
- Saugus River
- River Alyn (upstream connection)
- La Pérouse Strait ("waterway")
- Nanny Hagen Brook ("stream")
- Fier River
- San Joaquin River
- River South Esk
- Vistula River
- Tagus River
- Truckee River
- Leidsegracht ("waterway")
- Paraguay River
- River Leven
- Dunajec River
- Carson River
- Poprad River
- Maipo River
- Walker River
- River Witham
- Jordan River
- Mojave River ("intermittent river")
- Aconcagua River
- River Lagan
- Maas
- Merced River
- Tuolumne River
- Humber River
- Meuse
- Nieuwe Maas
- River Shannon
- Stony Brook ("urban stream")
- Oude Maas
- River Wey
- Upper Truckee River
- Reguliersgracht ("waterway")
- Maule River
- Waal
- Ward Creek ("stream")
- Biobío River
- IJssel
- Blackwood Creek ("stream")
- Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ("waterway")
- Hollandsche IJssel
- River Great Ouse
- Saint Lawrence River
- Glenbrook Creek ("stream")
- Third Creek ("stream")
- Strait of Hormuz ("waterway")
- North Sea Canal ("waterway")
- Manzanares River
- Incline Creek ("mountain stream")
- Oder River
- Edgewood Creek ("stream")
- Weespertrekvaart ("waterway")
- Ringvaart ("waterway")
- Daugava River
- River Spodden
- Concord River
- Rio Grande
- Thessalon River
- Ghaghara
- Kosi
- Neman River
- River Yare
- North Channel ("waterway")
- Congo River
- Shark River Slough ("freshwater flow-way")
- Rideau Canal ("waterway")
- Eygues
- Aller
- Aberjona River
- Havel River
- Yarra River
- Smoky Hill River (nearby waterway)
- Griboyedov Canal ("waterway")
- Barak River
- Emperor’s Canal ("waterway")
- Sunda Strait ("waterway")
- Trinity River
- Trent–Severn Waterway ("waterway")
- River Derwent
- River Cam
- Meta Department
- Fontanka River
- Mississippi River
- Hooghly River
- Moika River
- Golden Horn ("waterway")
- Carp River (Marquette County, Michigan)
- Yukon River
- Menominee River
- Nieuwe Herengracht ("waterway")
- Mackenzie River
- Sacramento River
- Claro River
- Mystic River
- Malden River
- River Eden
- Weser
- American River
- Meghna
- Molonglo River
- Uruguay River
- Singelgracht ("waterway")
- Churchill River
- Ohio River
- Spree
- Havel
- Fox River
- Kansas River
- Ems
- Milwaukee River
- River Trent
- Grand River (Michigan)
- River Taff
- Leine
- Karaj River (nearby)
- Muskegon River
- St. Joseph River
- Colorado River
- Jajrud River (nearby)
- River Lune
- Manitowoc River
- Pere Marquette River
- Multnomah River
- Huangpu River
- River Severn in Shrewsbury ("river reach")
- Tisza
- White River (Michigan)
- Bhima River
- River Kennet
- River Colne
- Tungabhadra River
- Sealark Channel ("waterway")
- Dead River (Michigan)
- Shenandoah River
- Blue Nile
- Atbara River
- Lech River
- Ghataprabha River
- Anacostia River
- Nhuệ River
- Malaprabha River
- River Medway
- Monocacy River
- Snake River
- Tekeze River
- Munneru River
- Carioca River
- Cacapon River
- Herengracht ("waterway")
- Singel ("waterway")
- Paleru River
- North Branch Potomac River
- Pic River
- Hammond Brook ("stream")
- Nairobi River
- South Branch Potomac River
- Fraser River
- Buttermilk Hill Brook ("stream")
- Ganges
- Pahang
- Khami River
- Stony Brook ("stream")
- Yodo River
- Wapsinonoc Creek ("stream")
- Kistna River
- Rioni
- Main
- Inn
- Volga–Don Canal ("waterway")
- Dniester
- River Eden (part)
- Saigon River
- Feldspar Brook ("mountain stream")
- Adda River
- Dnieper
- Opalescent River
- major river for agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley
- Rivanna River near Charlottesville ("river reach")
- Don River
- Ebro River
- Potomac River
- Amstel River
- Keizersgracht ("waterway")
- Patapsco River
- Cayuga Inlet ("waterway")
- Riverway ("waterway")
- Douro River
- River Lostock
- Amu Darya
- Strawberry Creek ("creek")
- Straits of Mackinac ("waterway")
- Guadalquivir River
- Yonne
- Alplaus Kill ("stream")
- Syr Darya
- River Avon
- Millstone River
- Susquehanna River
- Bille
- Eure
- River Lea
- West Branch of the Wapsinonoc Creek ("stream")
- Redwood Creek ("creek")
- Spuyten Duyvil Creek ("waterway")
- Kagera River
- River Syd Brook ("stream")
- Chambal River
- Little Blue River
- Nashua River
- Betwa River
- Pasig River
- Marne
- Squannacook River
- River Stour
- Don
- Humboldt River
- Nansen Sound ("waterway")
- Jamuna
- East River ("waterway")
- Dranse
- Rolling Fork
- White Nile
- Oise
- Ogooué River
- Kuskokwim River
- Irrawaddy River
- Copper River
- Gaywood
- Chao Phraya River
- Alster
- Fort Point Channel ("waterway")
- Venoge
- Six Mile Creek ("creek")
- St. Marys River
- Arkansas River
- Jamuna River
- Pranhita
- Wainganga
- Krishna
- River Cleddau
- Manjira
- St. Louis River
- Areuse
- Hurtado River
- Bou Regreg River
- Illapel River
- River Vyrnwy
- Nipigon River
- Raritan River
- Ural River
- River Liffey
- Broadstreet Hollow ("stream")
- Subansiri River
- Pigeon River
- Michipicoten River
- Morges River
- River Tame
- Río Almendares
- River Teme
- Thames
- Zihlkanal ("watercourse")
- Dibang River
- Hell Gate ("waterway")
- Allier
- White River