Rivers

Rivers

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.

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The West Branch of the Delaware River

Water bodies; Rivers

The West Branch of the Delaware River, approximately 90 km long in the United States State of New York and Pennsylvania, is one of the two branches, along with the East Branch, which together form ...

Jurua River

Water bodies; Rivers

The river Jurua River, Purus River, South of the Amazon River, Upper West, sharing with this immense depression down the internal Amazon and having all the features of the curvature of the Purus ...

River

Water bodies; Rivers

A natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching ...

Watercourse

Water bodies; Rivers

It is any flowing body of water. These include rivers, streams, brooks, anabranches, and so forth.

Fresh water

Water bodies; Rivers

Naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally ...

Intermittent

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a river that only flows occasionally and can be dry for several years at a time. These kind of rivers are found in regions with limited or highly variable rainfall, or can occur because of ...