river
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"They've literally killed our river, if you go down there now there's no animals, no birds, they've killed all the fish."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
With a length of cord tied tightly across the river, he swam out, gripped firmly, and let the unstoppable current rush over as he sunk his head below the surface.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“A tree is a river to the sky, carrying water from the soil into the clouds,” whence it falls as life-giving rain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The river swallowed him whole: he was inside it and it roared through him, this pounding power of water.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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