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
Regen River
Sestra River
Pike River
surface form: Pike River (Kenosha County, Wisconsin)
Villano River
Guadalimar River
Wakefield River
Forth
Tay
surface form: River Tay
Gota Alv
surface form: Göta älv
Rio–Antirrio Strait waterway
Nant y Draenog stream
Vipava River
Speed River
Double Pipe Creek stream
Jagatu River
Pit River
Reese River
Morava River
Harbor Brook stream
Treklyanska River
Danshui River
Paleru River
Obando
surface form: Obando River
North Branch Potomac River
Pic River
Hammond Brook stream
Sava Bohinjka River
surface form: Sava Bohinjka
River Dun
Aternus ancient river
Dieze
Watts Branch stream
Große Enz
Kleine Enz
Metter
Schönmünz
Intelvi stream stream
Schwarza (Wutach)
Vaalharts River
Vaga River
Falémé River
Nashwaak River
Fleuve Saint-Jean
Delme
La Crosse River
Castle Creek stream
Río Blanco (river)
Clear Creek (Iowa) stream
West Kill stream
Batavia Kill stream
Manorkill stream