1.3.1.3 River
Use this domain for words referring to bodies of flowing water.
Related domains:
9.7.2.9 Names of rivers
1.1.3.7 Flood
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