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
Rock Creek
surface form: Rock Creek (Humboldt River tributary, Nevada)
stream
North Sea Canal waterway
Dagenham Brook watercourse
Hasdeo River
Green River
Manzanares River
Ipeľ
Hron
Afon Fathew
Ngounié River
Mthatha River
Chagan River
Padma River
Wappinger Creek
River Allen
Magnetawan River
Thames River
surface form: Thames River (Ontario)
Adour
River Aa
Hirose River
Xiangshui River
桂川 河川
Thornton Creek urban stream
Banias River
Darro River
Kushiro
surface form: Kushiro River
Tagliamento River
Incline Creek mountain stream
Oak Creek stream
River Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, England river reach
Sumur
surface form: Shyok River
Fish River (Namibia)
Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho)
surface form: Senqu River
West Branch Susquehanna River
Blackwater River
surface form: Blackwater River (Northern Ireland)
Baldwin River
Barguzin River
Dosewallips River
Osuga River
Tok River
Swinomish Channel waterway
Deep Creek
Kuma River
Cottonwood River
Shetrunji River
Noteć River
surface form: Noteć
Torne River
Dibru River
Nissequogue River
Locke Brook stream