river
Example Sentences
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A barrier lake is a body of water formed when debris dams up a river.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"When I came out, everything was gone, only the river remained," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
He now runs a bulk-shipping terminal down river from the closed Savannah mill that in an earlier era was where barrels of turpentine, extracted from pine trees, were exported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The warning comes after Wednesday's deadly flash flood in the same area which scientists say was triggered by the collapse of a mountain glacier into a river.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
When they reached the river, Clare realized he’d forgotten to account for the recent heavy rains.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing river
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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