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
Dora di Veny river
surface form: Dora di Veny
mountain stream
White River
surface form: White River (Arkansas–Missouri)
Dryanovska River
Murrumbidgee River at Hay river reach
Reversing Falls rapids
Chester River
Sigatoka River
Vliet canalized river
Middle Fork American River
Somonauk Creek stream
Kaw River
Lee Vining Creek stream
Codicote
surface form: River Mimram
Rahway River
Jordan River
surface form: Jordan River (Tasmania)
Hobart Rivulet watercourse
Smith River
Reese Creek stream
Dâmbu River
Segre River
Sabor River
Macdonald River (Namoi)
Clyde River
surface form: Clyde River (Tasmania)
Bafing River
The Sound waterway
Black Volta
Gandak River
Grand River
surface form: Grand River (Michigan)
Vézère River
Fall Creek stream
Chacabuco River
Ba River
Dijlah
Gerlache Strait waterway
Arques
Jed Water
Heul waterway
Landak River
Bolshoy Kinel River
River Grimshaw Brook stream
Honeoye Creek stream
Eau Claire River
White Volta
Proserpine
surface form: Proserpine River
West Nishnabotna River
Amarja River
Gumara River
Rib River
Stony Creek stream
West Credit River