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as in streams
a passageway for water
A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.
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as in floods
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of rivers
But that’s not to say Mars necessarily hosted vast oceans and rivers—or at least not during that era.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Agriculture also creates chemical pollution that ends up in the rivers which flow into the sea.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
During daylight hours, I had been spoiled by the glorious vision of valleys and roaring rivers, townships scattered across hilltops, and alpacas skipping through grass.
—Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Because so many roads follow rivers, we’re used to which ones usually close for flooding after heavy rains and which don’t.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Flooding on some western North Carolina rivers blew past records set in 1916 as extreme rainfall amounts in the last week of September led to a rampaging slush of mud and debris.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Flash flooding from creeks and rivers conspired with Appalachian mudslides to sweep away scores of people, destroy homes and businesses, collapse roads and devastate entire communities.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Landslides and cresting rivers swept away homes, collapsed bridges and washed out hundreds of roads.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Agriculture also creates chemical pollution that ends up in the rivers which flow into the sea.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
During daylight hours, I had been spoiled by the glorious vision of valleys and roaring rivers, townships scattered across hilltops, and alpacas skipping through grass.
—Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
The erosion and runoff that follow affect the water quality and increase the sedimentation of rivers and lagoons.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Because so many roads follow rivers, we’re used to which ones usually close for flooding after heavy rains and which don’t.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Flooding on some western North Carolina rivers blew past records set in 1916 as extreme rainfall amounts in the last week of September led to a rampaging slush of mud and debris.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Flash flooding from creeks and rivers conspired with Appalachian mudslides to sweep away scores of people, destroy homes and businesses, collapse roads and devastate entire communities.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Landslides and cresting rivers swept away homes, collapsed bridges and washed out hundreds of roads.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Rivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivers. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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