1.3.1.3 River
Use this domain for words referring to bodies of flowing water.
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