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
Shoal Creek stream
Geba River
Wakarusa River
Dolores River
Ghod River
Ca River
Portneuf River
Iriri River
Congaree River
Bargi village
surface form: Narmada River
Wahkeena Creek stream
Gave d’Ossau
Reie
Aar
River Marrburn
Ettrick Water
Shawsheen Brook stream
Chili River
Karuma Falls rapids
Burhi Gandak River
River Deben
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam river segment
Big Wood River
Loing
Sunda Strait waterway
Jägala River
Kamienna River
Wyomissing Creek stream
Nidelva river
surface form: Nidelva (Agder)
Wang River
Trinity River
Trent–Severn Waterway waterway
Dhol River
Bhama River
Quesnel River
Imphal River
Ega River
River Derwent
surface form: River Derwent (Derbyshire)
Beaver Creek
surface form: Beaver Creek (Arizona)
stream
Yuba River
Surma River
Ping River
River Chew
Ligua River
Warta
Noteć
Cache la Poudre River
Big Thompson River
Red River
surface form: Red River (Southeastern Woodlands)
River Banwy