Helford

The Helford River, a tidal river on the Lizard peninsula, south-west Cornwall.


Chocolay

The Chocolay River, a minor river in Michigan, which flows into Lake Superior.


Wepo Wash

A right tributary of the Little Colorado, Arizona, United States.


Isbourne

A river in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon .


Dadou

Borrowed from French Dadou, itself from Occitan Dadon.

A right tributary of the Agout in Occitania, France.


Chinle Wash

A wash in Arizona, United States, turning into Chinle Creek upon joining Laguña Creek.


Chinle Creek

A left tributary of the San Juan River in Arizona and Utah, United States.


Laguña Creek

A creek in Arizona, United States, turning into Chinle Creek upon joining Chinle Wash.


Treig

A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Treig to the River Spean.


Black Mesa Wash

A right tributary of the Moenkopi Wash, Arizona, United States.


Puerco River

A right tributary of the Little Colorado in Arizona and New Mexico, United States.


Minsmere

The Minsmere River, a minor river in this area of Suffolk, which discharges into the North Sea through a sluice.


Loddon

A river in Hampshire and Berkshire, England, which joins the Thames at Wargrave.

A river in northern Victoria, which joins the Little Murray River.


Little Murray

A river, an anabranch on the north side of the Murray River in New South Wales, Australia.

A river, an anabranch on the south side of the Murray River in Victoria, Australia.

Northern Tablelands
Northern Tablelands#English

A river which joins the Nymboida River, in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales.


Wind River

This route will follow the Ivishak to its headwaters, cross the divide through a 5,700-foot saddle nestled between 7,000- to 8,000-foot rugged mountains, then follow the Wind River drainage south.

1990, Debbie S. Miller, Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, →ISBN, page 138:

Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area#English

a number of rivers in the United States.

A tributary of the East Fork Chandalar River in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.

A tributary of Aspen Brook in Larimer County, Colorado.

A tributary of Agency Creek in Yamhill County, Oregon.

A tributary of the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington.

A tributary of the Mississippi River in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

The Green River has cut down through the Uinta Mountains in the last few million years, the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains, the Laramie River through the Laramie Range.

1986, John McPhee, Rising from the Plains; reprinted in Annals of the Former World, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, page 298:

A river, the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming.


Gila River

Farther to the southward, the rivers which are affluent to the Colorado, such as the Rio Virgen, and Gila river, near their mouths, are impregnated with salt by the cliffs of rock salt between which they pass.

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 158:

Here in New Mexico the Gila River has its source.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, 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 20:

A tributary of the Colorado River in New Mexico and Arizona, United States.


Bill Williams River

Named for mountain man Old Bill Williams.

Four hundred miles above its mouth and more than two hundred miles above the Gila, the Colorado has a second tributary—“Bill Williams’ River” it is called by excessive courtesy. It is but a muddy creek.

A tributary of the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.


Nymboida

A river in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, which joins the Mann River.


Virgin River

Of the parks, Zion is carved in the southwestern flank of the Markágunt by one fork of the Virgin River, and Zion National Monument is carved by the other.

1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 163:

A tributary of the Colorado River in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, United States.


Rio Virgen

Two hundred miles above this the Rio Virgen joins the Colorado. This river heads in the Markagunt Plateau and the Pine Valley Mountains of Utah.


Colorado River

Between us and the Colorado river we were aware that the country was extremely poor in grass, and scarce for water, there being many jornadas, (days’ journey,) or long stretches of 40 to 60 miles, without water, where the road was marked by bones of animals.

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 259:

Where the Colorado River forms the boundary between California and Arizona it cuts through a number of volcanic rocks by black, yawning canyons.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter 1, 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 20:

Along the Colorado River there is no town from Moab in Utah to Needles in California, a distance of over a thousand miles (if we except the two small, improvised, completely artificial company towns connected with the building and operation of Glen Canyon Dam and Boulder Dam).

1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:

A major river in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, United States and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.


Mourne

A river in County Tyrone, which joins the River Foyle at Strabane.


Moyola

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows into Lough Neagh.


Maritsa

Borrowed from Bulgarian Марица (Marica).

Migrants gather at Maritsa river (Evros river in Greek) in Edirne, Turkey, Monday at the Turkish-Greek border as Greek soldiers are seen on the Greek side.

2020 March 2, Joanna Kakissis, “Migrants Again Try To Leave Turkey For Europe, But This Time The Gate Is Closed”, in Morning Edition (article), NPR, retrieved 2025-03-11:

The eastern section, conveniently known as Thrace, consisted of the lower basin of the Maritsa.

1915, Nevill Forbes, Arnold J. Toynbee, D. Mitrany, D.G. Hogarth, section "Greece", chapter 3, in The Balkans: a history of Bulgeria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Turkey, page 225:

A river in southeastern Europe that flows through Bulgaria and down the border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.


Indigirka

Borrowed from Russian Индиги́рка (Indigírka).


Tuolumne

A river in California, United States, one of the major rivers draining the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains.


Milova

/ˌmiːlɔːˈvɑː/

A river, a left tributary of the Komyshna, originating near the village of Yasnoprominske, having its course entirely within the Starobilsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, discharging into the Komyshna near the village of Striltsivka.

ميلوفا

river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Komyshna

A village in Balakliia urban hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1686.

Մելովայա

village in Balakliia, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine


Bow River

A reference to the reeds used by First Nations to create bows.

A river flowing E in Alberta, Canada into the Oldman River.


Paranaíba

From Old Tupi paraná (“river”) + Old Tupi aíba (“bad”).

compound

A river in Brazil whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains.


Parnaíba

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Parnaíba.

bor+

Northeast Region
Northeast Region#English

A river in the Northeast Region, Brazil, forming the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí.


Piscataqua

A fast-moving estuarine river dividing coastal New Hampshire and Maine in the United States.


Qu'Appelle

A river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada.


Yampa

Away to the north the Yampa empties into the Green by a canyon that I essayed to cross in the fall of 1868, but was baffled from day to day, and the fourth day had nearly passed before I could find my way down to the river.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter 1, 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 30:

Still more hundreds and thousands float or paddle each year down the currents of the Salmon, the Snake, the Allagash, the Yampa, the Green, the Rio Grande, the Ozark, the St. Croix and those portions of the Colorado which have not yet been destroyed by the dam builders.

1968, Edward Abbey, “Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 48–49:

The Yampa River, a tributary of the Green River in Colorado.


Barle

A river in western Somerset, England, which joins the River Exe at Exebridge on the Devon border.


Batherm

A minor river in Somerset and Devon, England, which joins the Exe near Bampton (Devon).


Jiulong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九龍江 /九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng).

Wind-driven ocean currents from China's booming coastal city of Xiamen, only about 2 km (1.25 miles) away, bring garbage across a sea channel that decades ago was the scene of fierce fighting between China and Taiwan during a protracted civil war.
The problem gets worse when it rains, as storms bring extra-large onslaughts from the mouth of the nearby Jiulong River in China.

2007 August 9, Ralph Jennings, “FEATURE-Taiwan rankled by China litter washing up on beaches”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2025-03-15:


Zhangjiang

Former name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.


Moorabool

The Moorabool River, a river in Victoria, Australia, a tributary of the Barwon River (Victoria).


Patapsco

A river on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States.


Belaya

Transliteration of Russian Бе́лая (Bélaja), from Russian белая f (belaja, “white”).

translit

A river in Russia in Bashkortostan, also known as Agidel river; a tributary of Kama river


Uele

⇒ Translingual: uelensis

Borrowed from French Uele or Uélé, from Lingala Wɛlɛ.

Uélé (alternative)
Ouélé (alternative)
Welle (alternative)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Uele

Borrowed from Russian Уэле (Uele), itself borrowed from Yakut Үөлэ (Üöle).


Peene

From German Peene, perhaps of Slavic origin.


Antietam Creek

A tributary of the Potomac River in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, known as the site of a battle in the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam.


Rock Run

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A tributary of the Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland.

A tributary of Martins Creek, Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.


Martins Creek

Three tributaries in Pennsylvania; two on the Delaware River.


Crooked Creek

A number of streams throughout the United States.

A number of other places in the United States:

A township and stream in Houston County, Minnesota; the township was named after the creek.

Bollinger County
Bollinger County#English

Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau County#English

A stream in Bollinger County and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.


Dobârlău

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dobârlău.


Sepik

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A river in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, the longest river on the island of New Guinea.


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.


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

Kliazma (alternative)
Klyaz’ma (alternative)

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 the 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.


Desna

A river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper.


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

Kern (alternative)
Kerulen (alternative)

Three principal rivers meander through the area: the Kherlen, Halhaun, and Uldza. Two of these originate in the Kentey Mountains and flow through the lowlands in the northeastern part of the plain; the larger Kherlen empties into Hu-lun-ch'ih (Dalay) Lake in the Chinese People's Republic, while the Uldza, when it does not first dry up, empties into the Tooroy Lake in the Soviet Union.

1963 July 1, “Mongolia”, in Characteristics of Manchuria, Mongolia, and North China (Air Force Pamphlet), number 200-2-4, Washington, D.C.: Department of the Air Force, →OCLC, page 85:

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.


Axios

Departure from Salonica is at 7.10 a.m., and the train heads west over the dreary plain and crosses the Vardar, called in modern Greek the Axios, near the station of that name.

1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Synonym of Vardar: A river in Southeast Europe, which arises in North Macedonia and flows to the Aegean Sea in Greece.


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.


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

Heilongjiang had implemented the plan in seven non-coal mine districts south of the Mudan river and another plan to cut the number of non-coal mines was expected to be carried out by the end of 2008.

2007 December 10, “China orders mines shut in Shanxi and Heilongjiang”, in Reuters, sourced from Beijing, archived from the original on 2025-02-06:

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.


Conneaut

A creek in Pennsylvania, Ohio, United States.


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.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

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 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 Ukraine.

戈羅然卡河 /戈罗然卡河

river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Dniester

Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus#Translingual

A village on the banks of the River Horozhanka in Monastyryska urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1439, situated southwest of the botanical reserve to which it gave its name, in which snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) grow in a forest tract of oaks (Quercus) and hornbeams (Carpinus betulus).

Horożanka

village in Monastyryska, Chortkiv, Ternopil, Ukraine


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

(with the) 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 borough 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 borough county borough and Vale of Glamorgan borough 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

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in British Columbia, Canada and 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

A river in Tasman district, New Zealand; in full, Motueka River.


Kaniere

A tributary of the Hokitika River, Westland district, West Coast region, New Zealand; in full, Kaniere River.


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.

A river and commune of Cluj County, Romania.


Frata

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Frata.

A river in Cluj County and Mureș County, Romania.


Inangahua

A river in Buller district, West Coast, New Zealand, a tributary of the Buller River, which it joins at Inangahua; in full, Inangahua River.


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

Mississippi River
Mississippi River#English

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


Waipa

A river in Waikato region, New Zealand, which joins the Waikato River at Ngaruawahia; in full, Waipa River.


Alyn

The River Alyn, a river in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham borough 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

Waipara River
w:Waipara River (Canterbury)

A river in Canterbury, New Zealand, which passes the settlement on its way to the Pacific Ocean; in full, Waipara River.

Waipara River
w:Waipara River (West Coast)

A river in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand, a tributary of the Arawhata River; in full, Waipara River.


Hurunui

A river in the Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean; in full, Hurunui River.


Lyd

Around the corner from the church is Lydford Gorge, a thickly wooded ravine with a 100 ft waterfall carrying the swirling River Lyd down from Dartmoor.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 270, about Lydford:

A river in West Devon, England, a tributary of the River Tamar.

A short river that flows through Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, and reaches the Severn via a canal.


Western Bug

Calque of Ukrainian За́хідний Буг (Záxidnyj Buh)

calque

За́хідний Буг

A river in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine (Bug), flowing northwest 450 miles.


Ucea

A river, village, and commune of Brașov County, Romania.


Ziz

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Ziz.wav


Meavy

The River Meavy, a river in Devon, that flows from Burrator Reservoir past the village to the River Plym.


Aray

A river in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, that flows into Loch Fyne at Inveraray.


Reghiu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Reghiu.

ubor

A commune and river in Vrancea County, Romania.


Crișul Alb

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Crișul Alb.

A river in Hunedoara County and Arad County counties, Romania and Békés county, Hungary.


Gilort

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Gilort.


Avrig

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Avrig.

A town and river in Sibiu County, Romania.


Ammonoosuc

A river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Connecticut River.


Breamish

A river in Northumberland, England, that becomes the River Till, and is a tributary of the Tweed.


Broye

A river in Switzerland which flows into Lake Neuchâtel


Veveyse

A river in Switzerland which flows into Lake Geneva.


Lobach

A river in north-western Germany, a tributary of the Eschbach.


Contoocook

A river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Merrimack River.


Machno

An old bridge over the River Machno links the two parts of the village, swinging the narrow road right and left before it climbs on to a lonely, lake-dappled expanse of windswept moorland, where it climbs to nearly 1,600 ft.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 312, about Penmachno:

The Afon Machno, a river in Conwy borough county borough, Wales, a tributary of the Afon Conwy.


Carnon

Restronguet Creek
Restronguet Creek#English

The Carnon River, a river in south-west Cornwall, England, that flows into Restronguet Creek.


Evros

From Greek Έβρος (Évros), from Ancient Greek Ἕβρος (Hébros), from Thracian *Ebrus (“wide”) or ebros (“splasher”).

Rain and melting snow combined to push the Evros (Meric) River over its banks in March 2006.

2006 March 24, NASA, “Floods Along the Evros (Meric) River”, in NASA Earth Observatory, retrieved 2025-03-11:

[H]e and his group were forced off the boat and into the water near an islet in the middle of the Evros river [...]

2021 June 23, Amnesty International, “Greece: Pushbacks and violence against refugees and migrants are de facto border policy”, in amnesty.org (press release), retrieved 2025-03-11:

A river in southeastern Europe that flows through Bulgaria and down the border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.


Wampool

A river in north-west Cumbria, England, which flows into the Solway Firth.


Tolka

A river in County Meath and County Dublin, Ireland, that flows into Dublin Bay.


Turkey Creek

A number of streams throughout the United States.


Wanaque

A river in New Jersey, United States, a tributary of the Pequannock.


Elwy

A river in Conwy borough county borough and Denbighshire, north Wales, which joins the River Clwyd.


Clwyd

(with the) The River Clwyd, a river in Denbighshire, Wales, that flows into the Irish Sea near Rhyl.


Sowe

The River Sowe, a short river in Warwickshire and West Midlands, England, a tributary of the Warwickshire Avon. It starts in Warwickshire north of Coventry, passes through the east side of the city and re-enters Warwickshire.


Ivel

A river in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England, that joins the Great Ouse at Tempsford.


Margaret River

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A river and locality south-east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

A river in the Kimberley region, Western Australia.

Augusta-Margaret River
Augusta-Margaret River#English

A town, a river and winegrowing region in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, South West region, Western Australia.


Sydling Water

A minor river in west Dorset, England, a tributary of the River Frome.


Tokachi

Borrowed from Japanese 十勝 (Tokachi), from Ainu トカㇷ゚チ (tokapci).

A river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan; in full, Tokachi River.


Rase

The River Rase, a minor river in Lincolnshire, England, a tributary of the River Ancholme.


Ancholme

A river in Lincolnshire, England, which discharges into the River Humber. Much of the river, the New River Ancholme, is straightened, while the Old River Ancholme meanders alongside and across it.


Lysivka

From Ukrainian Лисі́вка (Lysívka). Compare Lesivka, Lisivka, and Lysivtsi.

Լիսովկա

village in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

Լիսովկա

village in Liutenka, Myrhorod, Poltava, Ukraine

Լիսովկա

village in Kornyn, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

Լիսովսկի գյուղական խորհուրդ

historical: silrada of Popilnia, Zhytomyr, Ukraine

A village in Pokrovsk urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1885.

(historical) A silrada of Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, superseded by Pokrovsk urban hromada in June 2020.

Լիսովսկի գյուղական խորհուրդ

historical: silrada of Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

A village in Liutenka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1670.

(historical) A silrada of Hadiach Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, superseded by Liutenka rural hromada in June 2020.

Լիսովսկի գյուղական խորհուրդ

historical: silrada of Hadiach, Poltava, Ukraine

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic#English

A village in Kornyn settlement hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1810.

(historical) A silrada, first of Kornyn Raion (1925–1931) of Bila Tserkva Okruga (1925–1930), then of Popilnia Raion (1931–1935) of Kyiv Oblast (1932–1937), and finally of Kornyn Raion (1935–1954) of Zhytomyr Oblast (1937–1954), the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established by its separation out of Turbivka silrada and disestablished by its remerger into Turbivka silrada.

Լիսովսկի գյուղական խորհուրդ

historical: silrada of Kornyn / Popilnia / Kornyn, Bila Tserkva / Kyiv / Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR


Lysivka

A river, a left tributary of the Borsuky, having its course entirely within the Staryi Sambir and Khyriv urban hromadas of Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

Ли́сівка

river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Borsuky


Octorara

From Susquehannock, with recorded meanings of "rushing water" and "sweet water"; compare Tuscarora yohtawakarera 'the sound of rushing water'.

Lancaster County
Lancaster County#English

A stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.


Wells River

The village took its name from the river, but it is unclear whether Wells came from the surname or not.

A river in Vermont, United States, a tributary of the Connecticut River.


Kunthipuzha

From Malayalam കുന്തിപ്പുഴ (kuntippuḻa).

A river in Palakkad district, Kerala, India, flowing through Silent Valley and Palakkad Gap, and tributary of the Bharathapuzha River.


Bharathapuzha

From Tamil பாரதப்புழா (pāratappuḻā), Malayalam ഭാരതപ്പുഴ (bhāratappuḻa).

A river in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India that empties into the Lakshadweep Sea.


North Tyne

The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.

1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:

A river in Northumberland, England, which meets the South Tyne near Hexham and becomes the River Tyne.


South Branch

A stream in Herkimer County, New York, United States.


Hermitage Water

It may be named after Hermitage Castle, the hamlet of Hermitage is also by the river.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, a tributary of Liddel Water.


Wascana Creek

A creek in Saskatchewan, Canada, later widened into Wascana Lake.


Bowmont Water

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland and Northumberland, England, where it forms the River Glen.


Kazanka

A river in Russia, a tributary to the Volga.


Rasina

A river and district in south-central Serbia.


Dezna

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dezna.

A commune, village, and river in Arad County, Romania.


Gwendraeth

A river with two branches, Gwendraeth Fach and Gwendraeth Fawr, north and south of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which combine in an estuary linked to Carmarthen Bay.


Cleddau

A river in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with two branches, Eastern Cleddau and Western Cleddau; the combined river flows into Milford Haven.

A short river in Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand, which flows into Milford Sound. The association with the Welsh river and Milford Haven may be intentional.


Chervona

A river, a right tributary of the Bazhanykha, running its course entirely within Raihorod rural hromada, Haisyn Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.

Червона

river in Ukraine, right tributary of the Bazhanykha


Barcău

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Barcău.


Neversink

A river in New York which flows into the Delaware.


Ugie

A river in Buchan, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which reaches the North Sea at Peterhead.


Black Drin

Northern Macedonia
Northern Macedonia#English

A river in Northern Macedonia and Albania.


Maranoa

The Maranoa River, a river in the Murray-Darling Basin and the same area of Queensland, which probably gave its name to the region.