river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) frontage - the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc) confluence, meeting - a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" Aar, Aare, Aare River - a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine Acheron, River Acheron - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon Adige, River Adige - a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige" Alabama River, Alabama - a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River Allegheny, Allegheny River - a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River Amazon River, Amazon - a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles) Apalachicola, Apalachicola River - a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border Aras, Araxes - a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes Arauca - a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela Arkansas River, Arkansas - a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River Arno, Arno River, River Arno - a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea Avon, River Avon - a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn Bighorn, Bighorn River - a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana Big Sioux River - a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" Brazos, Brazos River - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico Cam, Cam River, River Cam - a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River Canadian River, Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma Cape Fear River - a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel" Chao Phraya - a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand Charles River, Charles - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River - a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River |