River definition

River means a flowing body of water or a portion or tributary of a flowing body of water, including streams, creeks, or impoundments and small lakes thereon.
River means the full length and width, including the bed and banks, of any watercourse, including rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, and branches which experience perennial flow. “River” does not mean constructed drainageways, including water bars, swales, and roadside ditches.
River means a body of inland water flowing for the most part on the surface of the land but which may flow underground for part of its course.

Examples of River in a sentence

  • Moreover, the Danube River and the Black Sea connecting canals are an important route for freight movement.

  • Constanta serves both Romania and neighbouring countries via its railway network and the Danube River.

  • The Danube River also divides the south east of the country from the rest.

  • The canals between the Danube River and the Black Sea are an important part of the inland waterways system and are in poor condition.

  • Water / Wastewater According to the River Basin Management Plans, the costs for basic and additional measures related to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive are around 21 billion Euros.


More Definitions of River

River means the Wisconsin River downstream from the dam at Prairie du Sac.
River means any stream or current of water, whether seasonal or perennial, and includes its banks extending up to the highest known flood level;
River means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary thereof, including rivers, streams, creeks, runs, kills, rills, and small lakes.
River means, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(13), a body of water that is designated as a perennial stream by the United States Department of Interior Geologic Survey on 7.5-minute series topographic maps, and that is not a pond as defined in this Part.
River means a lotic waterbody located in or bordering the state and includes rivers, streams, creeks, channels, flowages and impoundments.
River means a large, continuous and natural stream of water that is fed along its course by converging tributaries and empties into an ocean, lake or other body of water.
River s edge" means the ordinary high watermark as used in the provisions of Act No. 346 of Public Acts of 1972, being §281.951 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and as defined in subdivision (w) of this rule.