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
Ampoi River
West River
surface form: West River (Providence, Rhode Island)
Tamor River
Serre river
surface form: Serre
Sabine-Neches Waterway waterway
Łabuńka
North Esk River
Salmon River (Clackamas County, Oregon)
Clyde River
Elbsche
Bigge
Elpe
Fort Nelson River
Little Meadow Creek stream
Middle Fork Kaweah River
Afi River
Wohra
Zwester Ohm
Nangaritza River
Great Fish River
Ghaghat River
Biei River
Salso River
Swartvlei River
Coroico River
Rio Ibicuí
Kasai River
Paatsjoki River
Nadiža
Rotes Wasser
Ohmbach
Hieu River
Marico River
Wet Beaver Creek (nearby)
surface form: Wet Beaver Creek
stream
Clear Creek (nearby)
surface form: Clear Creek (near Camp Verde, Arizona)
stream
利根川 河川
Kuang River
Southeastern Myanmar
surface form: Thanlwin River
River Crane
Little Egg Inlet waterway
Inkwiler Dorfbach stream
South River (Rapidan tributary)
Ford River
West Fork Des Moines River
Tamsa River
Sorocaba River
Gala Water
Fen River (as Taiyuan)
surface form: Fen River (Taiyuan)
East Branch Hutchinson River
River Perint