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A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing towar the ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Usually larger streams are called rivers while smaller streams are called creeks, brooks, rivulets, rills, and many other terms, but there is no general rule that defines what can be called a river. Sometimes a river is said to be larger than a creek, but this is not always the case.

Trivia about river

  • Of a person, a city or a river, what the forth in Firth of Forth refers to
  • Heraclitus observed that because "all is flux", you can't step twice into the same one of these
  • Poland's longest one is the Vistula
  • Lending its name to the climactic battle, it's what the Little Bighorn is
  • After cremation Sikh ashes are preferably scattered in one of the 7 sacred ones of these, like the Yamuna
  • Heraclitus noticed, "You cannot step twice into the same" one of these
  • The word "Hindu" comes from an old Sanskrit word meaning this, perhaps a sacred one
  • China's Hongshui or India's Tapi
  • In Chinese:jiang

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