rivers
They have currents
Rivers is the plural of river, a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel toward the sea, a lake, or another river.
Rivers are often named for the lands they traverse or the peoples who lived along them: the Mississippi, the Thames, the Nile.
Figuratively, rivers describes abundant flowing quantities: rivers of tears, rivers of blood, rivers of money. (Capitalized Rivers is a surname.)
Stream entering larger river
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- meanderTo travel without direction
- oxbowTight river curve
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
watershed · estuary · source · mouth · floodplain · gorge · channel · basin
Directed flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
meander · discharge · drift · eddy · surge · ripple · undulate · swirl
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
dam · aqueduct · civilization · sanitation · reservoir · canal · floodplain · ferry
Range of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- faunaAnimal life collectively
flora · aquatic · fishery · salmon · spawning · otter · heron · crocodile
Violent pulls apart
Transported goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- bargesFlat-hulled freight vessels
- tradeExchange of commodities
- navigationDetermining position and course
freight · vessels · towboats · portage · rafts · canoes · steamboat · ferry
Outer edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- divideSeparate into parts
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
international · treaty · disputed · territorial · partition · separation
tributary
Stream entering larger river
confluence · watershed · estuary · source · mouth · floodplain · gorge · channel · basin · headwaters
current
Directed flow of charge
torrent · meander · discharge · drift · eddy · surge · ripple · undulate · swirl · trickle
irrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
hydropower · dam · aqueduct · civilization · sanitation · reservoir · canal · floodplain · ferry · bridge
biodiversity
Range of life forms
fauna · flora · aquatic · fishery · salmon · spawning · otter · heron · crocodile · hippopotamus
tears
Violent pulls apart
cargo
Transported goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- bargesFlat-hulled freight vessels
- tradeExchange of commodities
navigation · freight · vessels · towboats · portage · rafts · canoes · steamboat · ferry · docks
border
Outer edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- divideSeparate into parts
crossing · international · treaty · disputed · territorial · partition · separation
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- outdoor recreationhiking, camping, fishing, swimming, skiing
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- scenic viewsviewpoints, mountain views, sunset, vistas, vista
- water bodiessea, lakes, lake, streams, stream
riverslakes
Large inland water bodies
standing water · ponds · still water · reservoirs · stagnant water
riversdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
arid lands · wastelands · drylands · barrens · parched earth
- river channelPath carved by flow
- the riverLarge natural stream
- holy riverReligiously venerated waterway
- river tubingRecreational waterway floating
- lazy riverGentle artificial waterway
- river erosionWater wearing away earth
river, riverside, riverbank, riverbed, riverboat, rivered, riverfront, riverbanks, riverine