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
Canandaigua Outlet stream
Lenne
Volme
Henne
Weil
surface form: Weil (river)
Dill
Ohm
Aar (Lahn)
Duke of Northumberland's River canalised river
Lluta River
River Len
Weiser River
Restigouche River
Baaka
River Muick
Tonegawa
Eastern Ourthe
Gardon
Yangtze River (Jiang) and Huai River (Huai)
surface form: Yangtze River
Lubya River
Humber River
Navesink River
Rapidan River
Kızılırmak River
Rainford Brook watercourse
Skykomish River
Tana River
Mologa River
Arazas River
Waiau River
surface form: Waiau River (Southland)
San Antonio River
surface form: San Antonio River (Córdoba)
Chatham Strait waterway
Ewaso Ng’iro
Yeso River
Mersey River
Mississippi River
Resurrection River
Rock River
Hutchinson River
Rolling Fork River
Morona River
Hooghly River
Grand Junction Canal waterway
Warwick and Napton Canal waterway
Leicester Line waterway
Paddington Arm waterway
Kan River
River Sprint
River Mint
Canadice Outlet stream