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 Dour
River Tern
River Ogmore
Tung Chung River
river Dee
surface form: River Dee (Aberdeenshire)
Kura
East Fork Des Moines River
Messalonskee Stream stream
Congost River
Hoekraal River
Little Yadkin River
Old Rhine
Nares Strait waterway
River Torne
Leidsevaart canal
surface form: Leidsevaart
waterway
Parthenius River ancient river
West Branch Hutchinson River stream
Morava River
Wang Chhu River
Glems River
Lodgepole Creek stream
Cutuchi River
Oigawa River
Paulins Kill
Gave d’Aspe river
surface form: Gave d’Aspe
Solimões River
Simmerbach
Dhron
Ill
surface form: Ill (Vorarlberg)
Schwarze Lütschine
River Soar navigation canalised river
Dras River
Opihi River
St. Mary River
Yachats River
Keya Paha River
Pibor River
Tempoal River
Vernon River tidal river
River Albarine
Maros River
Crevon river
Kacza River
Gyaing River
River Lys
Black River (Wisconsin)
Maspeth Creek creek
River Feshie
Çark Stream stream
Litheos River