river
RIV-er
A natural, flowing body of water that moves downhill under gravity toward a larger body — a lake, the sea, another river. A river is not a static thing. It migrates, cuts, deposits, floods, dries, and remakes its valley constantly. Every river is a process, not a place.
Etymology
Anglo-Norman rivere, from Old French riviere (river, bank, shore), from Vulgar Latin *riparia (riverbank), from Latin ripa (bank, shore).
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