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river

Larger natural watercourse

Entityecosystem type type of watercourse type of stream (flowing liquid)Q4022

Also known as rivers

Instance of: ecosystem type
, type of watercourse
, type of stream (flowing liquid)
Subclass of: watercourse
, open water
, river water body
+1 more

Overview

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A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth.

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All data

153 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

OpenStreetMap tag: waterway=river
Members / parts: water
Permanent duplicated item: Q22828765
Q110738840
Has list: list of rivers by length
list of rivers by discharge
list of rivers by continent
list of rivers by age
Properties for this type: origin of the watercourse
mouth of the watercourse
length
drainage basin
lake on watercourse
country
maximum Strahler number
tributary
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distributary
Said to be the same as: perennial stream
Different from: Fluss criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Fluss
Reka criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: reka
Řeka criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: řeka
Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after rivers
Model item: Amazon River applies to use with property: instance of
Yangtze River applies to use with property: instance of
River Thames applies to use with property: instance of
River Congo applies to use with property: instance of
Mississippi River applies to use with property: instance of
coastal river applies to use with property: subclass of
main stem applies to use with property: subclass of
Has use: water sport
fishing
boating
water transport
hydroelectricity
inland navigation
water supply
Used by: watercraft
aquatic organism
swimmer
fisher
boater
hydroelectric power station
by river
Partially coincident with: stream
Greater than: brook criterion used: discharge
Main Wikidata property: delta of
Facet of: drainage system

On other databases

83 identifiers linking river across the web's reference databases

Data quality

153

statements

11%

externally sourced

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AIDB. (2026). river (Q4022). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/river-Q4022