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
Suvarnamukhi
Vrishabhavathi
River Ravensbourne
River Calder (Cumbria)
Bloemgracht waterway
Schwarzach (Rednitz) River
surface form: Schwarzach (Rednitz)
Still River (Connecticut)
Almont
Virilla River
Sakae Krang River
Mbashe River
Vishera River
Sai River
Afon Glaslyn
River Eden
Weser
Yvette (river)
Rémarde (river)
surface form: Rémarde
Prédecelle (river)
surface form: Prédecelle
Yvron (river)
surface form: Yvron
Río Mayo
Welland River
Lachen River
Obva River
Votka River
Clarion River
Tittabawassee River
Chehalis River
Hron River
Kenai River
Simonswood Brook watercourse
Little Coal River
Grand Canal of Chantilly waterway
Loisach
Würm
Vils
Isara
American River
Sudbury River
Almond River
Campaspe River
Wilson Creek
Gumti River
River Parthe
Walker Creek
surface form: Walker Creek (Mono Basin)
stream
River North Esk
Meghna
surface form: Meghna River
Molonglo River
Plantain Garden River
River Cocker (Lancashire)