Concept information
Preferred term
1.3.1.3River
Definition
- Use this domain for words referring to bodies of flowing water.
Broader concept
Scope note
- What words refer to rivers of different sizes? river, stream, streamlet, creek, brook, brooklet, rill, rivulet. What words refer to a river when it has a lot of water? flood, torrent, flash flood, freshet, swell, surge. What words refer to a river overflowing its banks? overflow its banks, flood, deluge. What words refer to two rivers coming together? branch, confluence, fork, tributary. What words refer to a part of a river that is steep? waterfall, falls, rapids, cascade, cataract, spillway, race. What are the parts of a river? source, head, headwaters, mouth, upstream, downstream, bend, whirlpool, eddy, river bottom, riverbed, backwater, narrows, oxbow. What words refer to a river when it has no water? watercourse, dry riverbed, wash, arroyo, wadi. What words refer to a man-made river? canal. What words refer to a place to cross a river? bridge, ford. What words refer to something floating down a river or caught in it? flotsam, snag, logjam. What words refer to dirt, sand, and rocks washed down by a river? sandbar, delta, alluvium, alluvial, silt. What words refer to the area of land drained by a river? watershed, basin. What words refer to the movement of a river? current, flow.
Notation
- 1.3.1.3
URI
https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/538236660
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