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
Šešupė River
Niemen (Polish)
surface form: Niemen
Balintang Channel waterway
Little Cahaba River
Hunza River
Klyazma River
Macquarie River (New South Wales)
River Waveney
Negro River (Paraguay)
Regent’s Canal waterway
Spring Creek waterway
Kinnickinnic River
Neretva
Belize River
Boca River
Baspa River
River Dove
surface form: River Dove (North Yorkshire)
River Forth
Oignin River
Chartiers Creek stream
River Wye
surface form: River Wye (Derbyshire)
Brda
IJ waterway
Nervión River
Maeslant (Maas estuary) waterway
Fresh Creek waterway
Castlecary Burn watercourse
River Usk
Río Maipo
Portage Bay waterway
River Slea
Mamoré River
Miami River (Oregon)
Shipra River
Sulak River
Louros River
Saint Mary’s Falls rapids
Mahoning River
Pine Brook stream
Liao River
River Brathay
Drina
Beni River
Sarda River
Oulujoki
Sarawak River
Elbe–Havel Canal waterway
Li River (Hunan)
Bear River
surface form: Bear River (Feather River tributary)
Amstel