River

**river**
	larger natural watercourse
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Subclass of	stream;
Part of	drainage system;
Has part(s)	water;
Different from	river water body; watercourse; main stream; coastal river;
Said to be the same as	perennial stream
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A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.

River rafting
River delta
River boat

Africa[edit]

The Nile, Cairo, Egypt
Blue Nile, Ethiopia
Akosombo Dam, Ghana
Limpopo River
Rivers of South Africa
Congo River
Zambezi

Madagascar[edit]

Betsiboka River
Betsiboka River

Asia[edit]

Lena River delta, Arctic Ocean, Russia
Vasyugan River, Russia
Aras River, Iran
Amu Daria, Uzbekistan
Yarlung Tsangpo
Kara-Koba river, Kazakhstan

Turkey[edit]

River Tigris near Hasankeyf
River Kızılırmak in Central Anatolia

Southern Asia[edit]

Ganges
Unspecified river, Bangladesh
Indus River
Tungabhadra River

China[edit]

Alluvial fan, Taklimakan Desert, China
Blue Moon Valley, Yunnan, China.

Australia[edit]

Mossman River, Daintree National Park, Australia
River Yarra

Europe[edit]

Western Dvina, Belarus
Danube, Czechia
Danube, Serbia
Rivers in Sweden
Daugava
Moselle River
Soča/Isonzo near Kobarid, Slovenia
Soča/Isonzo near Kobarid, Slovenia
Volga
Vltava
Moscow River
Trebišnjica
Tarvasjõgi River, Estonia

France[edit]

Seine
Loire River
Orb
Ain
Rhône River
Rhône
Deutsch: Romantische Ardeche
Français : La rivière Ardèche.
Deutsch: Die Wild romantische Ardeche.
Français : La rivière Ardèche.
Deutsch: Der Ardeche-Bogen.
Français : Rivière fr:parc national de la Guadeloupe.
Français : fr: Rivière Moreau (Guadeloupe)
Français : Rivière fr: Rivière la Sarcelle.
La Rouvre
Somme

Saône river[edit]

Saône river at Ray-Sur-Saône, Dep. Haute-Saône, France
Saône river somewhere in the Dep. Haute-Saône, France
Saône river with quai and barrage at Gray, Dep. Haute-Saône, France
La Calonne à Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles (Eure)
La Calonne à Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles (Eure)
La Galaure à Hauterives (Drôme)

Great Britain[edit]

Thames
Cam
Avon
Elwy River, Wales
River Glen, Lincolnshire
The river Wensum in Norwich, England.
Another photo of the Wensum.
Severn

Italy[edit]

Adige River, Verona
Soča/Isonzo near its mouth, Isola di Cane, Italy
Barrage in Sarstedt

Iceland[edit]

Glerá river in Akureyri, Iceland
Jökulsá á Fjöllum, Iceland

Germany[edit]

Rivers in Munich
Leine river in Ruthe, Germany
Leine river in Hannover, Germany
Marktl am Inn (South-East Bavaria), in this little village at the River Inn Pope Benedict XVI. was born in 1927
Video of a river in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, loud roaring water in mountains.

Poland[edit]

Spain[edit]

Rio Tinto, Spain
Tagus

Ebro river[edit]

Ebro river (riu Ebre in Catalan, río Ebro in Spanish) is the biggest river in the Iberian Peninsula

Vista del nacimiento del río Ebro, en Fontibre
Cerca de Laserna (Cantabria)
Miranda de Ebro
Ebro en Logroño. Al fondo puede verse "La pasarela"
Puente de piedra en Logroño
Zaragoza y El Pilar
Zaragoza (Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo)
Flix
Tortosa
Ebro Delta
Ebro Delta
Pont del Passador

Fluvià river[edit]

Fluvià river, Sant Pere Pescador, Catalonia
Fluvià river at Besalú with the medieval bridge
River Fluvià at Olot - Bridge of San Roc, Catalonia
Dam of the river Fluvià at Olot 1, Catalonia
Dam of the river Fluvià at Olot 2, Catalonia

Guadalquivir river[edit]

Miño river[edit]

Panorámica de la desembocadura
O Miño ó seu paso por Ribadavia. Encoro de Castrelo de Miño
Río Miño dende Tui
Panoramica do Miño desde San Trocado (Punxín)

Switzerland[edit]

Aare River, Aargau
Aare River, Bern
Der Inn bei Bever, Schweiz
Lower Bridge over the Ticino River with Giornico in the background during the construction of the Gotthardbahn, ca. 1875
Fiume Verzasca in Valle Verzasca

Ukraine[edit]

Dnipro river[edit]

Dnipro River, Ukraine
Dnipro at Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Dnipro at Kremenchuk, Ukraine.

Dniester river[edit]

Dniester River, Ukraine
Dniester River near Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukraine. Photo taken from Moldovan bank.
Dniester at Bakota (Ukraine)
Dniester river near Ţipova, Rezina County, Moldova.
Dniester river near Rozvadiv, Mykolaiv district, western Ukraine.
Dniester river by Khotyn, Ukraine.
Satellite foto of the Dniester delta (Ukraine) at the lagoon Dniester Liman, near the Black Sea.

North America[edit]

United States[edit]

Missouri River
Columbia river in Oregon
Colorado River
Snake River
Pittsburgh confluence
Ohio River, Indiana
River flowing from Iceberg Lake, Many Glaciers Region, Glacier National Park, Montana
Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Blanco River, Texas
Dry Falls, Washington
River kayaking on the Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania
Columbia River at Porters Pond in East Wenatchee, Douglas County Washington