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
Little Conesus Creek stream
Deûle
Tygart Valley River
Aveyron River
Landquart
Newton Creek mountain stream
Semliki River
Oconto River
River Tillingham
Ganjachay
Lech River
Great Kwa River
River Gairn
Mashamoquet Brook stream
Qurichay River
Diep River
River Deer
Castaic Creek stream
Musi Nadi
Musi
River Axe (nearby)
surface form: River Axe (Somerset)
Peshtigo River
Washington Creek creek
Bheri River
Mississippi River (Twin Cities campus area) river reach
Brandy Creek stream
Sozh River
Lamington River
Feni River
Oologah Creek stream
Chinchipe River
Middle Moose River river segment
Misery Brook stream
Willow Brook
surface form: Willow Brook (Connecticut)
stream
Chippewa River (Minnesota)
River Frome
surface form: River Frome (Gloucestershire)
Negombo Dutch Canal waterway
Ghataprabha River
Catherine Creek stream
Kocher
Rems
Elsenz
Bouie River
Maly Zelenchuk River
Chiers River
Marga Marga
North Western Canal waterway
Chinnaru
Shin River
Gwydir River