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noun |
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a large natural stream of water flowing in a particular course toward a lake, ocean, or other body of water.
The river was too wide to swim across.
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| definition 2: |
a pouring out; stream.
I cried a river of tears when my pet hamster died.The rain turned the path into a river of mud.- similar words:
- stream
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creek |
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broader category including rivers |
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ecosystem, water |
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means of transportation on a river |
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barge, canoe, ferry, kayak, paddle wheel, raft, rowboat |
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mythical figure associated with rivers |
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nymph |
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see/see also river |
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water |
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similar to river |
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brook, creek, inlet, stream, tributary |
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some examples of rivers |
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Amazon, Euphrates, Ganges, Jordan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mohawk, Niger, Nile, Ohio, Potomac, Rhine, Seine, Tigris, Yukon, Zaire |
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some parts of rivers |
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curve, eddy, estuary, everglade, ford, fork, headwaters, mouth, pool, rapid, shoal, waterfall, whirlpool |
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some terms for land associated with rivers |
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bank, basin, divide, sandbar, shore, watershed |
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some things that affect the flow of rivers |
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dam, embankment, levee, sandbar |
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