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
Hoh River
Elwha River
Missouri River
Genil River
Maumee River
São Francisco River
Zbruch
Dore River
Tokopah Creek mountain stream
Mill Creek
surface form: Mill Creek (O'Brien County, Iowa)
stream
Fen River
Rio Chama
River Ryburn
River Tas
Zhob River
Swatara Creek creek
Vorskla River
River Lathkill
Rawa River
Bagmati River
Soacha River
Middle Fork Lytle Creek mountain stream
River Humber
River Bourne
River Brant
Juncal River
Ostravice
Cauca River
River Irthing
River Wyre
Cedar River
surface form: Cedar River (Muskegon River tributary)
Little Clam River
Wicomico River (Maryland)
Peachtree Creek stream
Ticino
Verdon River
River Riccal
Suran River
Kiskiminetas River
Kelantan River
Kızılırmak River (nearby region)
surface form: Kızılırmak River
River Gipping
Szinva
Sajó
Mississippi River at Memphis river reach
Schroon River
Thompson River
Dardanelles waterway
Ben Cat River
Mamberamo River