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
Salmon River
River Thurne
Dhaleswari River
Saint Lawrence River
Selenga River
Kizu River
Lian River
Blaise
surface form: Blaise (river in Eure)
Pymmes Brook stream
Iloilo River
Pechora River
Medveditsa
Glenbrook Creek stream
Kilmez River
River Meese
River Ithon
Arbogne
Burnett River
Periyar River
Taylor River
Wynants Kill stream
Metolius River
Bolshaya Almatinka River
River Tanat
Paluxy River
Haldenvassdraget watercourse
surface form: Haldenvassdraget
watercourse
river Gardon
surface form: Gardon
Pa Sak River
Neshaminy Creek
Mazon River
Ivindo River
Tunuyán River
Thames River
surface form: Thames River (Connecticut)
Third Creek stream
Saluda River
River Ock
San Jacinto River
Прут река
Traun River
Glâne
Liddel Water
Truyère
Strait of Hormuz waterway
Silver Creek (Ontario) stream
Black Creek (Credit River tributary) stream
Seguin River
Ravenna Creek urban stream
Regalica River
Sagavanirktok River
Black River
surface form: Black River (Jamaica)