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# river

«river» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (river, rivers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A river is a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a lake, another river or the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#m1)

2) A river of something is a large flowing amount: a river of lava, rivers of tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in the story; length of a river, distance across it, speed of the current or of a boat; going with or against the current. In science and geography: the source, the mouth, tributaries, erosion, the water cycle; long rivers like the Mississippi, the Thames, the Shannon, the Murray. In safety: rivers can be deep and fast; swim only in safe, watched places. In stories: a raft trip down the river.

### examples

- The river is 120 km long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x1)
- A boat travels 20 miles up the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x2)
- The bridge over the river is 300 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x3)
- How long does it take to cross the river? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x4)
- The river flows into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x5)
- The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x6)
- The river carries sand and mud downstream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x7)
- Never swim in a river without an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x8)
- We floated on a raft down the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x9)
- It will become a wide, wide river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/#x10)

### note

Usually a place; gives distances. Trap: going with or against the current changes a boat's speed (with the current: add the current's speed; against: subtract). Rivers flow downhill from source to mouth. Names of rivers take «the» and a capital: the Thames.

### In the corpora

- [American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/15/)
- [Dams on rivers, roads, new buildings and the loss of resting places along the way all make migration harder today.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/54-migration-the-great-journeys/17/)
- [Chinese water dragons live beside rivers, jump into water when scared and can stay under for around 25 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/17/)
- [The Amazon carries about a fifth of all the river water that flows into the world's seas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/155-the-amazon-river/14/)
- [Caimans rarely attack big grown capybaras, which are too big and alert, and the two often share river banks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «river» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/river/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.