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Geographical Term Details

River

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River)

A river is 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 at the end of its course, and does not reach another body of water. Small rivers may be called by several other names, including stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for generic terms, such as river, as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream may be defined by its size. (Wikipedia)

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Aire (Yorkshire)
Allen (Cornwall)
Alt (Merseyside)
Amber (Derbyshire)
Ancholme
Anker
Ant (Norfolk)
Arun (Sussex)
Ash (Hertfordshire)
Avon (Devon)
Avon (Hampshire)
Axe (Bristol Channel)
Axe (Lyme Bay)
Bain (Lincolnshire)
Beane (Hertfordshire)
Bela (Cumbria)
Beult (Kent)
Blackwater (Essex)
Blyth (Suffolk)
Bollin (Cheshire)
Box (river, Suffolk)
Brent (London)
Bristol Avon
Broadwater
Brock (Lancashire)
Brue
Bure (Norfolk)
Burn (Norfolk)
Calder (Yorkshire)
Cam
Camel (Cornwall)
Chalk stream
Char (Dorset)
Chelt
Cherwell (river)
Chet
Chew (Somerset)
Coln (Gloucestershire)
Colne (Essex)
Colne (Hertfordshire)
Colne (West Yorkshire)
Crake
Crane (London)
Cray
Creedy (Devon)
Croal
Crouch (Essex)
Cuckmere
Dalch (Devon)
Darent
Dart (Devon)
De Lank
Dearne
Deben (river)
Dee (Aberdeenshire)
Dee (Wales)
Derwent (Cumbria)
Derwent (Derbyshire)
Derwent (Yorkshire)
Don (South Yorkshire)
Douglas (Lancashire)
Dour (Kent)
Dove (Central England)
Duddon
Dunsop
Eamont
East Lyn (Devon)
Eden (river, Cumbria)
Ehen
Enborne
Erewash (river)
Erme
Esk (North Yorkshire)
Etherow
Exe
Eye (Leicestershire)
Fal (Cornwall)
Fowey (river)
Frome
Gannel (Cornwall)
Gipping (Suffolk)
Glaven (Norfolk)
Glen (Lincolnshire)
Gowy (Cheshire)
Goyt
Granta
Great Ouse
Greta (Cumbria)
Hayle (Cornwall)
Helford (Cornwall)
Hertford (North Yorkshire)
Hodder
Hogsmill
Hull (river)
Huntspill (Somerset)
Idle
Ingrebourne
Irk (Manchester)
Irt
Irwell
Itchen (Hampshire)
Ivel
Jubilee
Keekle
Keer (Lancashire)
Kenn (Somerset)
Kennet
Kent (Cumbria)
Lambourn
Lathkill (Derbyshire)
Lee (Hertford)
Lemon (river, Devon)
Leven (Cumbria)
Lim (Dorset)
Line (East Sussex)
Little Ouse
Loddon
Looe (river, Cornwall)
Lostock (Lancashire)
Loughor
Lune (Cumbria)
Lymington (Hampshire)
Lymn (Lincolnshire)
Lyn (Devon)
Manaccan (Cornwall)
Meavy (Dartmoor)
Medlock (Manchester)
Medway (Sussex, Kent)
Mersey
Mimram
Mole
Moors River (Dorset)
Neet (Cornwall)
Nene (river)
Nidd (Yorkshire)
Ock (Oxfordshire)
Old Bedford River
Orwell
Otter (river, Devon)
Ouse (Sussex)
Ouse (Yorkshire)
Ouzel
Pang
Par River (Cornwall)
Parrett
Penryn (river)
Percuil (river)
Piddle
Quarme (Somerset)
Rase (Lincolnshire)
Rib (Hertfordshire)
Ribble
Roach (river, Essex)
Roding
Rother (East Sussex)
Rother (South Yorkshire)
Ryton (Nottinghamshire)
Severn
Sid (Devon)
Soar
St Neot (river, Cornwall)
Stiffkey (Norfolk)
Stort (Hertfordshire)
Stour (Dorset)
Stour (Kent)
Stour (Suffolk)
Stour (Worcestershire)
Swale (Yorkshire)
Swift (Leicestershire)
Tamar
Tame (West Midlands)
Taw
Tawd (Lancashire)
Tees (North England)
Teign
Teme
Test (river, Hampshire)
Thame (South England)
Thames
Thet
Till (Northumberland)
Tone (Somerset)
Torne
Torridge
Tove (Northamptonhire)
Trent (England)
Tweed (Borders)
Tyne (North East England)
Uck (East Sussex)
Umber (Devon)
Ure (Yorkshire)
Valency (Cornwall)
Waldon (Devon)
Wampool
Wandle
Warleggan
Warwickshire Avon
Waveney (Suffolk, Norfolk)
Waver (Cumbria)
Wear (North East England)
Weaver (Cheshire)
Welland
Wensum
West Lyn (Devon)
Wey (Surrey)
Wharfe
Wissey
Witham
Wreake (Leicestershire)
Wye (Anglo-Welsh border)
Wye (Buckinghamshire)
Wye (Derbyshire)
Wylye
Wyre (Lancashire)
Yare
Yarrow (Lancashire)
Yeo (Lapford)
Yeo (South Somerset)
Nar
Alde
Ore
Butley (River)
Murray (Australia)
Darling (Australia)
Mardyke (Essex)
Teise (Kent)
Yarty
Sence (Leicestershire)
Wansbeck
Blythe
Cole (West Midlands)
Bourne (Warwickshire)
Strat
Carnon
Plym
Sapiston
Churn
Okement
Blackwater (Loddon catchment)
Meon (Hampshire)
Lynher (Cornwall)
Misbourne
Purwell
Ravensbourne
Ver
Lark (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire)
Leach
Kenwyn
Tavy
Gwash
Kym
Brook
Catchment basin
Estuary (Geo)
Lock (water transport)
Mudflat

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28-Oct-2013

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