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
River Rother
surface form: River Rother (East Sussex)
Santa Margarita River
Salt Creek waterway
surface form: Salt Creek (Illinois)
stream
Canal du Thiou waterway
Wapsinonoc Creek stream
Great River
Honeoye Inlet stream
Fairford River
Tavignano River
Lužnice River
Parsons Gully stream
Middle Rouge River
Kistna River
Cremera
Ravi River in India and Pakistan
surface form: Ravi River
Pivdennyi Buh
Annisquam River tidal river
River Hindburn
Mill Creek
surface form: Mill Creek (South Branch Potomac River tributary)
stream
Richmond River
Boulder Creek stream
Rawanduz River
Pugwash River
Calapooia River
Kalama River
Salmon Creek
surface form: Salmon Creek (Cayuga Lake)
stream
Lufupa River
Rioni
Upper Rouge River
Cemetery Brook stream
Main
Inn
Castle Mill Stream river channel
Fish Creek
Wakhan River
Karrawirra Parri
Svatava
Cassarate River
West Branch Iowa River
Demänovka
Kwanza River
River Mosson
Kootenai River
Yeguas River
Rižana River
Pinega River
Gully Brook stream
Maas-Waal canal
surface form: Maas-Waal Canal
waterway
Cuccio River
Nam Pang River