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
Amblève
Black Creek (Florida)
Kinta River
Reedy River
Oneonta Creek stream
Lost River
Melendiz Mountains
surface form: Melendiz River
Dragovishtitsa
Dzherman
Strumitsa
Angitis
Στρυμόνας ποταμός
Strymon
North Branch Patapsco River
River Blakewater
Dead River
River Stour (Worcestershire)
River Leadon
River Frome (Herefordshire)
River Rea (Birmingham)
River Camlad
River Salwarpe
Aller
Qua Iboe River
Ner River
Ticino River
Jiri River
River Blackwater
surface form: River Blackwater (Essex)
Emory River
Rupsha River
Pine River
surface form: Pine River (Huron Mountains)
Warri River
Panjshir River
Mililani Stream stream
Малая Нева (Russian)
surface form: Малая Нева
рукав реки
Arveyron River
Bon Nant mountain stream
Cao River
Smith Creek stream
River Ashop
Koyukuk River
Bhairab River
Hillsborough River
River Yeo
surface form: River Yeo (North Somerset)
River Suir
Aberjona River
MacLeay River
Chitral River
Keweenaw Waterway waterway
Indian Creek (Calumet area tributary) stream