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RIVER , any considerable stream of See also:

water flowing in a defined channel. The origin and subsequent formation of See also:rivers and the valleys along which they flow are considered under See also:GEOGRAPHY, § Principles of Geography, and See also:GEOLOGY, § viii. The word " river " is an See also:adaptation of the O. Fr. rivere (mod. See also:riviere), which descends through Med. See also:Lat. rivers, See also:Low. Lat. riparia, in the sense of river-See also:bank and river, from ripa, bank. The.Latin for a stream or river is rivus, whence rivulas, a small stream, Eng. " rivulet," which is, therefore, distinct in origin from " river," though probably the sense of rivus influenced the Med. Lat. rivera. The See also:etymology of rivus and ripa is disputed; some scholars refer both to the See also:root ri-, to drop, flow; others take ripe to be from the root seen in Gr. Epeiaew, to See also:tear, See also:English " rive," the sense being a broken cliff or steep See also:bath:.

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