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101 words in river
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A
aber
AB-er
ait
AYT
alluvium
ah-LOO-vee-um
anabranch
AN-uh-branch
anadromous
ah-NAD-roh-mus
anchor ice
ANG-ker ICE
aufeis
OWF-ice
B
backland
BAK-land
backwater
BAK-waw-ter
bankside
BANK-side
bar
BAR
bayou
BY-oo or BY-oh
beck
BEK
billabong
BIL-uh-bong
boil
BOYL
boof
BOOF
bosque
BOS-kay
boulder garden
BOHL-dur GAR-den
braided river
BRAY-did RIV-ur
breakup
BRAYK-up
burn
BURN
C
catadromous
kah-TAD-roh-mus
CFS
see-eff-ess
chadar
CHAH-dar
clough
KLUF
confluence
KON-floo-ence
cut bank
KUT BANGK
D
dead drift
DED DRIFT
delta
DEL-tuh
E
eddy
ED-ee
eddy line
ED-ee LYNE
ephemeral stream
eh-FEM-er-ul
esker
ESS-ker
estuary
ES-choo-ehr-ee
F
fall line
FAWL LYNE
feeding lane
FEE-ding LAYN
ferry
FEHR-ee
flash flood
FLASH fluhd
floodplain
FLUHD-playn
flume
FLOOM
ford
FORD
freestone
FREE-stohn
freeze-up
FREEZ-uhp
freshet
FRESH-it
G
glide
GLYDE
gooseneck
GOOS-nek
gorge
GORJ
gradient
GRAY-dee-uhnt
green water
GREEN WAH-ter
H
hatch
HACH
haystack
HAY-stak
headwaters
HED-wah-terz
hole
HOHL
horizon line
huh-RYE-zuhn lyne
hydraulic
hy-DRAW-lik
J
jökulhlaup
YUR-kul-loip
K
kawaakari
kah-wah-ah-KAH-ree
L
lahar
LAH-har
laminar
LAM-ih-nar
lie
LYE
linn
LIN
M
meander
mee-AN-der
O
outwash
OWT-wahsh
oxbow
AHKS-boh
P
pillow
PIL-oh
pocket water
POK-it WAW-ter
point bar
POINT bar
pool
POOL
portage
POR-tij
pothole
POT-hohl
pourover
POOR-oh-ver
pucker
PUK-er
R
redd
RED
riffle
RIF-uhl
riparian
rih-PAIR-ee-un
rise
RYZE
rock flour
ROK flow-er
run
RUN (water)
runnel
RUH-nuhl
S
seam
SEEM
sieve
SIV
slough
smolt
SMOLT
spate
SPAYT
strainer
STRAY-ner
strath
STRATH
structure
STRUK-cher
T
tailout
TAYL-owt
tailwater
TAYL-wah-ter
tamarisk
TAM-uh-risk
thalweg
TAHL-veg
tongue
TUHNG
U
undercut bank
UHN-der-kut bank
W
wagtail
WAG-tayl
water strider
WAW-ter STRY-der
water-meadow
WAW-ter MED-oh
watershed
WAH-ter-shed
wave train
WAYV trayn
weir
WEER
whitewater
WYTE-wah-ter
winterbourne
WIN-ter-born