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
Rivière Désert
Cerna River
Escravos River
Milo River
East Fork Lewis River
Salinas River
Cheektowaga Creek stream
Aysén River
Sajó River
Élivágar rivers
surface form: Élivágar
primordial rivers
Rohrbach
surface form: Rohrbach (Breg tributary)
Chaobai River
Irati
St. Joseph River
Colorado River
canal Zuid-Willemsvaart (nearby)
surface form: Zuid-Willemsvaart
waterway
Kostroma River
Noyyal River
Parker Creek stream
Bhadra River
Hari River
Lower Rouge River
St Mary’s Island
surface form: Gambia River
Barrington River
Melawi River
Cenischia mountain stream
Messa stream
Orrido di Foresto stream mountain stream
Dòira Ripària (Piedmontese)
surface form: Dòira Ripària
Douro Ripàrio (Occitan)
surface form: Douro Ripàrio
Halls Creek
surface form: Halls Creek (New South Wales)
stream
Maner River
Tigre River
French Creek tributary stream
Jajrud River (nearby)
surface form: Jajrud River
Segama River
Ellijay River
Guyandotte River
Apaporis River
Loup
Siagne
Roya
Vésubie
Tinée
Hydaspes River
Clear River (Lo River)
surface form: Clear River (Lô River)
Sông Hồng
Hồng Hà
Arghandab River
River Hipper