river crossings
Ways over water
River crossings are places where people traverse rivers—by bridge, ford, ferry, or other means.
The term often appears in historical and military contexts, where crossing a river posed strategic challenges: The army secured several river crossings before advancing.
Many towns developed at natural river crossings where the water was shallow enough to ford.
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- cable ferryVessel guided by anchored line
- wadeWalk through impeding substance
- causewayRaised road over water
sandbar · ford · swim · stepping stones · shallows · raft · trade route · trestle · current · traverse · overpass · tunnel · toll · banks · passage · arch · drawbridge · span
- African migrationmigration corridor
- bridgesPonte Vecchio, Golden Gate, footbridge, viaduct, skybridge
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- off-roadingoff-road, 4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
- Water Engineeringdams, levees, canals, aqueducts, spillways
method of traversing barriers
river crossingsunderwater tunnels
Enclosed routes beneath water
tunnels · underpasses · subways · culverts
movement vs. obstruction
river crossingsdams
Water-blocking structures
blockades · obstructions · impasses · barriers · deadends