river

C79
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.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
river canonical 9,330
stream 1,086
waterway 676

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: river
Generated description
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.

Instances (11,359)

Instance Via concept surface
Rhine
Swalm
Bois-le-Duc Canal waterway
Bira River
Little Tennessee River
Strait of Gibraltar waterway
River Eye
Chechło
Wailua River
Lunan Water
Ai River
Chiers
Piave River
Indian Creek
surface form: Indian Creek (Illinois)
stream
Putah Creek stream
White Cart Water
Yarmouk River
Yarden
Waimakariri River
River Avon
surface form: River Avon (Hampshire)
Arno River
Doubs River
Loing (nearby)
surface form: Loing
Calumet River
Dřevnice
River Wharfe
River Avon
surface form: River Avon (Lanarkshire)
Het Scheur river channel
Noord
Azergues River
Amundsen Gulf waterway
Winisk River
Anclote River
Bronx Kill waterway
Guadalete River
Waitaki River
Lagan Canal waterway
Niers
Ecorse Creek
Mikuma River
Navarro River
River Don
River Loxley
Chico River (Chubut)
Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi
surface form: Pearl River (Louisiana–Mississippi)
Des Plaines River (nearby)
surface form: Des Plaines River
Browns Pond Brook stream
River Suck
Grand Canal
surface form: Grand Canal (Ireland)
waterway
Royal Canal waterway