Luggie Water

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A river in North Lanarkshire council area and East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, which joins the Kelvin at Kirkintilloch.


Glazert Water

A short river in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, flowing from the confluence of Finglen Burn and Aldessan Burn to the Kelvin near Kirkintilloch.


Endrick Water

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A river mostly in Stirling council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Lomond; the lower reaches border onto West Dunbartonshire.


Roman River

A minor river in Essex, England, which joins the Essex Colne opposite Wivenhoe.


Granta

The six-mile section from Haverhill to Bartlow carries the line over a high ridge into the valley of the River Granta.

1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:

The River Granta, a minor river in Cambridgeshire, England, which flows from the Bartlow area to join the River Cam (or Granta) at Great Shelford.


Snake River

After the Shoshone, whom Plains Indians often called “the Snakes”.

a river located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States


Auglaize

The Ohio river is derived from French rivière à la Grande Glaize.

A river in north-west Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Maumee River.


Klyazma

A river wholly within Russia, originating near Solnechnogorsk (Moscow Oblast) in the Moscow Uplands, whence it flows into and through Vladimir Oblast, approximately delineating its border with Ivanovo Oblast from near Repniki to near Mstyora, before returning to Vladimir’s interior, and thereafter approximately delineating its border with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast from near the point at which the river is bridged by the Volga Highway (E22) to its confluence with the Oka, whereof it forms a left tributary.

Կլյազմա

river in Russia, left tributary of the Oka


Wood Creek

A tributary of Oneida Lake, New York, United States.

A tributary of the Mohawk River, New York.


Vakh

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug#English

A river in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia


Vasyugan

A river in Kargasoksky district, Tomsk Oblast, Russia


Kazym

A river in Beloyarsky district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia


Süderbeste

The name by which the River Beste is called on its course between the millpond in Lasbek-Gut and its confluence with the River Norderbeste.

Süderbeste

the Beste between the Lasbek-Gut millpond and the Norderbeste


John Day

The river was named after a Virginia member of the 1811 Astor Expedition. The city was named after the river.


Rediu

A river in Iași, Romania, tributary to the Bahlui.

A river in Iași, Romania, tributary to the Bahluieț.


Valea Iașului

A river in Argeș, Romania, tributary to the Argeș.


Kherlen

The Khustyn Bulag site group is located in the upper basin of the Kherlen River in Tuv Aimag in Mongolia. It is located on a wide flat terrace on the northeastern shore of the Zuun Baidlag River, a tributary of the Kherlen River, and consists of many sites from the Paleolithic Age to the nineteenth century.

2022, Isao Usuki, “Introduction and Deployment of the Ceramic Industry in the Xiongnu Empire”, in Tomoko Nagatomo, Maria Shinoto, Daisuke Nakamura, editors, Kilns in East and North Asia: The adoption of ceramic industries (Archaeology of East Asia), volume 7, Oxford: BAR Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:

A river in China and Mongolia, periodical tributary of Argun.


Ruidoso

Indirectly from Spanish ruidoso, the village was named after the river.

The Rio Ruidoso, a river in New Mexico that gave its name to the village.


Smoky River

A river in western Alberta, Canada, a tributary of the Peace River.


Wakarusa

A river in Kansas, a tributary of the Kansas River.


Coal Creek

The name of a number of streams in the United States.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A ghost town and stream near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.


Rio Puerco

A river in New Mexico, United States, a tributary of the Rio Grande. Rather than meaning "pig river", in this case it is translated as "dirty" or "muddy river".

A river in New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Chama.


Middle River

A number of rivers and places in the United States:

A number of rivers, including in Alabama, California, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

A settlement and river in the Omineca Country, British Columbia, Canada.

A locality and river on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.


Murrindindi

The Murrindindi River, a short river in this area of Victoria.


Apple River

Mississippi River
Mississippi River#English

A river in south-west Wisconsin and north-west Illinois, United States, a tributary of the Mississippi River.

A river in north-west Wisconsin, a tributary of the St. Croix River.


Barcoo

The Barcoo River, a river in western Queensland, Australia.


Lost Creek

A number of streams in the United States.


Río Grande de San Miguel

Borrowed from Spanish Río Grande de San Miguel.


Embarrass

Apparently from French embarrasser (“block, impede, obstruct”). The name was probably applied to the rivers first.

der

A river or settlement in the United States:

A river in Minnesota, a tributary of the Saint Louis River.

A river in Wisconsin, a tributary of the Wolf River.


Yampa River

At night we encamped in a fine grove of cottonwood trees, on the banks of the Elk Head river, the principal fork of the Yampah river, commonly called by the trappers the Bear river.

1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280:

June 17.—We run down to the mouth of Yampa River.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter VII, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 163:

A tributary of the Green River in Routt County and Moffat County, Colorado.


Mite

A minor river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Cumbrian Esk and River Irt near Ravenglass.


Ryton

en-proper noun

Ryton (countable and uncountable, plural Rytons)

Generally from Old English ryge + tūn (“farm where rye is grown”), except in North Yorkshire: from the River Rye + Old English tūn.

der

The River Ryton, a river mostly in Nottinghamshire, which joins the River Idle near Bawtry.


Cotmeana

A river in Argeș, Romania, tributary to the Vedea.


Bulloo

A river in south-west Queensland, Australia.


Black Creek

A number of streams in the United States, including in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.


Roaring Fork River

A tributary of the Colorado River in Colorado.


Fryingpan River

A tributary of the Roaring Fork River in Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.


Crystal River

The name of several rivers in the United States.

A tributary of the Roaring Fork River in Gunnison County, Garfield County and Pitkin County, Colorado.

A river in Citrus County, Florida, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

A river in Leelanau County, Michigan, flowing into Lake Michigan.

Waupaca River in
Waupaca River in#English

A tributary of Waupaca River in, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.


Woody Creek

Roaring Fork River
Roaring Fork River#English

A tributary of the Roaring Fork River in Pitkin County, Colorado.


Sopris Creek

A tributary of Missouri Creek in Eagle County, Colorado.


East Sopris Creek

A tributary of Sopris Creek in Pitkin County, Colorado.


Maple Creek

A river in the same area of Saskatchewan.


Lenne

Several rivers and settlements in Germany


Mimram

A river in Hertfordshire, England, which joins the River Lea at Hertford.


Tittabawassee

Tittabawassee River
Tittabawassee Township, Michigan

A tributary of the Saginaw River in Michigan, United States.


Changjin

A river in North Korea, a tributary of the Yalu River.


Belle Creek

A stream or community in the United States:

A stream in Goodhue County, Minnesota, a tributary of the Cannon River (Minnesota).

A stream in Meeker County, Minnesota, a tributary of the Crow River (Minnesota).


Unk

A short river in western Shropshire, England, that joins the River Clun at the town of Clun.


Swakop

An ephemeral river in west-central Namibia, which flows into the Atlantic.


Detroit River

An international river between Michigan, United States, and Ontario, Canada, which links Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.


Miljacka

From up there, they can see the city dip down towards the glinting ribbon of the Miljacka and then rise up again to meet the forested flank of Mount Trebević opposite.

2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 18:

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina which flows through Sarajevo.


Vakhsh

A river in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; a tributary of the Amu Darya.


Vermilion River

County of Vermilion River
County of Vermilion River#English

A river in east-central Alberta, the namesake of the County of Vermilion River.

A river in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.

A river in Canada:
A river in Kenora District, Ontario.

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A river in Sudbury District and Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

A tributary of the Wabash in Illinois and Indiana.

A tributary of the Illinois River in Illinois.

Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish#English

A river in southern Louisiana, which passes through Vermilion Parish.

Saint Louis County
Saint Louis County#English

A river in Saint Louis County, north-east Minnesota.

A tributary of Lake Erie, in northern Ohio.


Rapidan

From earlier Rapid Ann, which see for more.

A river in Virginia, United States, which flows into the Rappahannock.


Rapid Ann

⇒ English: Rapidan

From rapid (noun) + Ann, named after Queen Anne.

Madison, county of Virginia ; bounded SE, S, and SW, by Orange county, or the Rapid Ann river ; NW by the Blue Ridge, or Shanandoah county ; and NE, and E by Culpepper. It is about 28 miles square ; and has an area of 784 square miles. It is drained entirely by various creeks of the Rapid Ann ; the surface is moderately hilly and soil of middling quality. Staples flour and tobacco. Chieftown Madison.

1828, Darby’s Edition Of Brooke’s Universal Gazetteer; Or, A New Geographical Dictionary : Containing A Description Of The Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, &C. In The Known World ; With The Government, Customs, And Manners, Of The Inhabitants ; The Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of each Country : and the Trade, Manufacturer, and Curiosities of the Cities and Towns. To Which Are Added, The Constitution Of The United States, And The Constitutions Of The Respective States. Illustrated by a neat coloured Map of the United States., Bennett & Walton, page 549:

Lower down, this valley, as it approaches the Rapid Ann River, widens considerably, and has within its area many most excellently cultivated farms.

1881, Potter’s American Monthly, volumes 16-17, John E. Potter & Company, page 207:

(historical) Rapidan River (a river in Virginia, United States).


Timeu

Northern Alberta
Northern Alberta#English

(more fully Timeu Creek) A tributary of the Athabasca in Northern Alberta, Canada


Ciissinraq

Given the location of the river, it is likely borrowed from Yup'ik [Term?].

A river in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States.


Oos

A river in Baden-Württemberg, which flows through Baden-Baden and gives the district its name.


Mudan

On Thursday, a highway bridge in Heilongjiang collapsed, sending two cars plunging into the Mudan River, according to state media. There was no word on possible deaths or injuries.

2023 August 4, Caroline Chen, “Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify”, in AP News, sourced from BEIJING (AP), archived from the original on 2023-08-06, World News:

A river in Heilongjiang, China, tributary of Songhua (Sungari).


Bakhta

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

A river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, a tributary of the Yenisei.


Las Piedras

A river in Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.


Tambopata

A river in Bolivia and Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.


Shenango

A river in Pennsylvania, Ohio, United States.


Pensaukee

A river in north-east Wisconsin, that flows into Green Bay, Lake Michigan.


Muscatatuck

A river in Indiana, United States, a tributary of the White River.


Trothy

A river in Monmouthshire, Wales, a tributary of the River Wye.


Finnan

Meanwhile, ground-level teams are working in the River Finnan to protect the viaduct piers from erosion - a risk that's increasing due to climate change.

2024 July 24, “Network News: Glenfinnan Viaduct refresh at new heights”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9:

A river in Glen Finnan, Highland council area, Scotland.


Soch

The Afon Soch, a short river on the Lleyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, which reaches the sea at Abersoch.


Maumee

A river in north-east Indiana and north-west Ohio, which flows into Lake Erie at Toledo.


Pipe Creek

A number of streams in the United States.

A stream and unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States.


Vègre

A river, a right tributary of the Sarthe, having its source near Rouessé-Vassé, its generally southward course in the Sarthe department, France, and its mouth near Avoise.

韦格尔河

river in France, right tributary of the Sarthe


Vu Gia

A river in Đại Lộc district, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam.


Hromokliia

A river, a right tributary of the Inhul, having its course entirely within the Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast and the Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast of the Ukraine.

جروموكليا

river in Ukraine, right tributary of the Inhul


Horozhanka

/hɒɹɒˈʒankə/

/hɒɹɒˈʒaŋkə/

From Ukrainian Горожа́нка (Horožánka). Compare Gorozhanka and Horożanka.

A river, a left tributary of the Dniester, having its course entirely within the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast of the Ukraine.

戈羅然卡河 /戈罗然卡河

river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Dniester


Yilgarn

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A river in the eastern Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.


Combahee

A river in North Carolina, United States


Ashepoo

A river in South Carolina, United States.


Lozva

A river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a tributary of the Tavda.


Plunketts Creek

A stream in Lycoming County and Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States, a tributary of Loyalsock Creek.


Tavda

A river in Russia, a tributary of the Tobol.


Moisie

Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Saint Lawrence#English

A river in the Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada, that flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


Feale

A river in County Limerick and County Kerry


Gunnison River

A tributary of the Colorado River in Colorado.


Hollands Diep

On the section between Dordrecht and Lage Zwaluwe, where some of the worst damage occurred, this line crosses the mile-long Moerdijk Bridge over the Hollands Diep, which was temporarily restored after having been wrecked during the war.

1953 April, “Devastation in Holland”, in Railway Magazine, pages 217-218:

A tidal river, the estuary of the rivers Rhine and Maas (or Meuse) in the southern Netherlands.


Alde

A back-formation from Aldeburgh, close to the river.

A river in Suffolk, England, largely tidal, which becomes the River Ore, parallel to the coast, before it joins the North Sea.


Great Stour

A river in Kent, England, which joins the Little Stour to form the Kentish River Stour.


Raskam

Similarly, on the upper valleys of the Raskam river, a major tributary of the Yarkand river in Sinkiang, the Mir possessed certain rights of cultivation which he valued as this was the only direction in which he could expand his territory to accommodate any population increase: to the south he was effectively hemmed in by other states.

1964, Alastair Lamb, “Hunza, the Pamirs, and Aksai Chin in 1912”, in The China-India Border, Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 98:

A river in China, the upper part of Yarkand.


Asikni

Borrowed from Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī).

(Vedic) Asikni, Chenab (a river in India and Pakistan)


West Allen

A minor river in Northumberland, England, a tributary of the River Allen, along with the River East Allen.


Lesser Slave River

A river in Central Alberta, Canada, a tributary of the Athabasca River.


Bull Run

A river in Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Sandy.

A stream in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Occoquan.


Occoquan

Derived from a Doeg Algonquian word translated as "at the end of the water".

A river in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Potomac.


Wid

A river in Essex, England, which flows past Widford before joining the River Can just outside Chelmsford.


Swannanoa

A river in North Carolina, United States.


St. Marys River

An international river separating Ontario, Canada, and Michigan, United States, and between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

A river between Florida and Georgia, United States, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

A river in northern Indiana, and northern Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Maumee.

A river in southern Maryland, United States, that joins the Potomac, near Chesapeake Bay.


Ock

A river in Oxfordshire, England, that joins the Thames at Abingdon.

A minor river in Surrey, England, that joins the Wey at Godalming.


Stinchar

A river in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, that flows into the Firth of Clyde at Ballantrae.


Rhiw

A river in northern Powys, Wales, that joins the Severn near Berriew.


Clunie Water

A tributary of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.


Gwash

A river in Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire, England, that joins the River Welland. It flows in and out of Rutland Water (a reservoir) en route.


Redlake

Bucknell is divided by a small, attractive river, the Redlake.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 95:

A minor river mostly in Shropshire, England, which joins the River Clun.


Dudwell

Burwash, spread along a ridge between the rivers Rother and Dudwell, was an important centre of the iron industry three centuries ago when the Weald was England's main source of iron ore.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:

The River Dudwell, a tributary of the River Rother in East Sussex, England.


Llugwy

Near by, where the crystal clear River Llugwy is crossed by a bridge, stands a small and ancient church built of massive, irregular boulders.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:

A river in Conwy county borough, Wales, a tributary of the River Conwy.


By Brook

A river in Wiltshire, England, with a short length in Somerset at Batheaston and Bathford, where it joins the Bristol River Avon.


Cerne

A minor river in Dorset, England, which joins the River Frome at Dorchester.


Smite

A river in Nottinghamshire, with its headwaters in Leicestershire, England, which joins the River Devon, near Shelton.


Alre

Back-formation from Alresford, as in New Alresford, Hampshire.

A tributary of the River Itchen in Hampshire, England.


Ewenny

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

The Ewenny River, a river in Bridgend county borough and Vale of Glamorgan county borough, a tributary of the River Ogmore.


Shee Water

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A river in Glen Shee, north-east Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which changes its name to Black Water at the south end of the glen.


Coquet

The River Coquet, a river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble.


Deveron

A river in Moray council area and Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which flows into the Moray Firth at Banff.


Gairn

A river in Glen Gairn, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, a tributary of the River Dee.


Columbia River

A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States.


Old Mill Creek

A stream in Marin County, California, United States.


Rothay

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A river in Westmorland and Furness council area, Cumbria, England, that flows through Grasmere and Rydal Water, before joining the River Brathay, and discharging into Windermere.


Hanmer

A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, a tributary of the Canterbury Waiau, probably named after Thomas Hanmer, as nearby Hanmer Springs was.


Motueka

The Motueka River, a river in Tasman district, New Zealand.


Kaniere

The Kaniere River, a tributary of the Hokitika River, Westland district, New Zealand.


American River

A river in California, United States that flows from the Sierra Nevadas to its confluence with the Sacramento River.


Mociu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Mociu.


Frata

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Frata.


Inangahua

The Inangahua River, a tributary of the Buller River, which it joins at Inangahua, New Zealand.


Lochay

A river, the River Lochay in Glen Lochay, Stirling council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Tay at Killin.


Naver

A river, the River Naver in Strath Naver, that flows into the North Atlantic in north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland.


Zumbro

A river in Minnesota, United States, a tributary of the Mississippi River.


Waipa

The Waipa River, a river in Waikato region, New Zealand, which joins the Waikato River at Ngaruawahia.


Alyn

(usually the Welsh spelling)

The River Alyn, a river in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham county borough, Wales, which joins the River Dee on the border with England.


Rhaeadr

The Afon Rhaeadr, a minor river in Powys, Wales, which joins the Tanat at Aber Rhaeadr.


Dwyfor

The ancient bridge that crosses the River Dwyfor at Llanystumdwy was a favourite haunt of the boy [David Lloyd George] who was to become Britain's first Welsh Prime Minister.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 261, photo caption:

The Afon Dwyfor, a river in Gwynedd, Wales, which flows into Cardigan Bay.


Waipara

The Waipara River (West Coast), a river on the West Coast of New Zealand, a tributary of the Arawhata River.


Hurunui

The Hurunui River, a river in the same area of New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.