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
Amgun River
Blau
Tinto River
Lost River
Cold Stream
surface form: Cold Stream (West Virginia)
stream
River Bourne (Kent)
Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration)
surface form: Täkkäze
Sabarmati River
Bloomery Run stream
Mayabeque River
Kainji River
Mangoky River
River Trothy
Orb River
Rio Conchos
River Oich
Sochi River
Pearl Brook watercourse
River Almond
Drôme River
Little Pigeon River
Deep River
surface form: Deep River (North Carolina)
Coos River
Tebicuary River
Tajewala
surface form: Yamuna River
Mannering Creek creek
Rímac River
River Greta
surface form: River Greta (Keswick)
Guadalmedina River
Long River
York River
River Onny
Ourimbah Creek
Aigues River
Río Magdalena
Beberibe River
Mékrou River
Agano River
Guayalejo River
Zi River
River Tavy
San Bernardino Strait waterway
Salt Creek (Illinois) stream
Quark Strait waterway
Llewellyn River
Nišava River
River Esk
Ouvèze River
Childrey
surface form: Childrey Brook
stream
Khalkhin Gol river
surface form: Khalkhin Gol