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
Chitina River (portion)
surface form: Chitina River
Amur River
English Strait waterway
Chenab River
Carp River (Gogebic County, Michigan)
Paraná River
River Lee
Vardar River
Cahaba River
Vitim River
Manning River
Little Patuxent River
Mostazal River (Coquimbo)
Wedge Pond Brook stream
Bacchiglione River
Morača
King Water
Iowa and Illinois
surface form: Mississippi River
Ångerman River
River Moy
Ipiranga River
Matanuska River
River Derwent
surface form: River Derwent (Cumbria)
Tulpehocken Creek creek
Rombakselva river
surface form: Rombakselva
River Mole
Championship Course stretch of river
Nabesna River (portion)
surface form: Nabesna River
Tugela River
Beneden Merwede
River Monnow
Roer
Rio Guadalupe
Sarthe River
Irtysh River
Cedar River
surface form: Cedar River (Washington)
Iskar River
Horn Pond Brook stream
Werre
Buotama River
Cosumnes River
River Whiteadder
Sei River
Suwannee River
Sabine River
Charles River
Panke
Dosse
Beisfjordelva river
surface form: Beisfjordelva
Brenta River