Yuan River

It is said at Hankau that boats can travel up stream 4000 li by three different routes—the Yangtse Chiang, the Yuan river in Hu Nan, and the Han river.

1898 September, W. R. Carles, “THE YANGTSE CHIANG”, in The Geographical Journal, volume XII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 236:

Now that the Japanese menace has been removed, at least temporarily, refugee farmers and artisans are drifting back to their homes in Hunan, south of the Yuan River. On the long hard trek from Taoyuan our party of military attaches and correspondents met them on hard lumpy paths, crossing winter paddy fields.

1944 January 3 [1943 December 29], Brooks Atkinson, “MANY ATROCITIES LISTED BY CHINESE; Barbarity of Japanese Held to Be Psychopathic Compensation for Lack of Charm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-02, page 3:

General Fu Yu-te commanded an army of 100,000 which assembled in Hu-kuang Province (Hu-pei and Hu-nan area). Aside from a part of his army which he dispatched post-haste to Wu-san (present-day Wei-ning in western Kuei-chou)(See Photos 7 and 8), he personally led the main body. He entered Kuei-chou from Hu-nan along the Yuan River route.

1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:


Annan

Annan, Tweed an' Clyde
Rise out o' ae hillside.

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, southern Scotland.

A river in northern Queensland, Australia.


Ross River

* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868.
* (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.

A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.


Oromocto

The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).


Dyer

* As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.


Kissimmee

Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).

A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.


Gorbio

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

A river in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Trout River

/ˈtɹʌʊt ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

One of six rivers in North America; three each in Canada and the United States


Noord

A short tidal river in the western Netherlands.


Agawam

A river in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts.


Pripyat

Transliteration of Russian При́пять (Prípjatʹ) or Ukrainian При́п'ять (Prýpʺjatʹ).

translit

Pripet (alternative)
Prypiat (alternative)

A river in Eastern Europe, flowing east through Ukraine and Belarus, draining into the Dnieper.

Պրիպյատ

river flowing through Ukraine and Belarus


Orkhon

From French Orkhon, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ (orqon), a valley and river in central Mongolia where Old Turkic inscriptions were discovered.

Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet.

1975 January 6, Christopher S. Wren, “MONGOLIA SPURS BIG MINE PROJECT”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-12-08, page 5:


Pembina

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

Christian County
Christian County#English

An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.

A small city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States, near the Canadian border.

A river in Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, USA.


Prahova

Advancing along the valley of the Prahova River, he delivered his first blows in the vicinity of Braşov, where he burned villages, forts, and towns, burned the crops to deprive the population of food, and killed men, women, and children as he progressed.

1989, Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of Many Faces, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120:

Braşov lies 106 miles north of Bucharest via Highway 1, which generally parallels the Prahova River north of the capital, following it as it flows off the slopes of the Carpathians.

1990, Lydle Brinkle, Hippocrene Companion Guide to Romania, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66:

Geographically, the Prahova River separates the Eastern Carpathians from the Southern range and, historically, the valley was an important passageway between the principalities of Wallachia and Transylvania.

2013, Lucy Mallows, Rudolf Abraham, Transylvania (Bradt Travel Guide), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137:


Prahova River

2013, Lucy Mallows, Rudolf Abraham, Transylvania (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137:


Dâmbovița River

Near Gemenea (Dâmbovița river) the archaeological data mention a pre-Roman Gethyc site (IV century B.C.) with an activity of extraction of gold from the Dâmbovița alluvial sands (Pârvari, 1967, pg 95) and possibly from Pleistocene Cândești gravels.

2004, Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, page 48:

Cotroceni Palace (Şos Cotroceni 1) lies along the western bank of the Dâmbovița River.

2004, Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp, Romania & Moldova (Lonely Planet), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:

1532 England Sir Thomas More resigns over Henry’s divorce. Wallachia Vlad the Drowned is so named after he gets drunk and rides into the Dâmbovița river, where he drowns; Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina becomes prince.

2009, Gordon Kerr, Timeline of Kings & Queens, Canary Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

This is the narrowest crossing point from north to south of the entire valley, and thus is the best location in the Dâmbovița River valley to control traffic from the Danube Plain northward toward the Carpathians and Transylvania.

2015, Troy R Lovata, Elizabeth Olton, Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:


Bistrița River

One afternoon, while descending the eastern slopes of the Carpathians, following the northern Bistrița River, we came upon a tiny village of three or four houses, where a wedding was being celebrated.

1934 April, Henrietta Allen Holmes, “The Spell of Romania”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXV, number 4, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 436:

Over a pass the road ran down into Moldavia along the course of the Bistrița river.

1990, Georgina Harding, In Another Europe: A Journey to Romania (Hodder & Stoughton), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:

Bistrița lies in northern Transylvania on the Bistrița River, in a region of hills covered with orchards.

2013, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:


Trotuș

From Romanian Trotuș, from Hungarian Tatros.

A river in the region of Moldova, in eastern Romania.


Songjiang

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng, literally “Pine River”).

bor

Sung-chiang (alternative)
Sungkiang (alternative)

The explosion rocked the Riteng Computer Accessory Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegatron, in Shanghai’s Songjiang district.[…]
Wu told the AP in China: “Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt in Songjiang. We are working closely with Pegatron to understand the cause of this accident.”

2011 December 20, Hayley Tsukayama, “Report: Apple partner Pegatron under scrutiny after blast”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-12-20, Tech:

A statement issued Monday by the Shanghai government and posted on its Web site said that there were piglets in the river as well as adult swine weighing hundreds of pounds. Residents in the Songjiang district, the area southwest of downtown Shanghai where most of the pigs have been discovered, said this was not the first time they had seen dead pigs in the Huangpu.

2013 March 11, Edward Wong, “Thousands of Dead Pigs Found in Chinese River”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-03-11, Asia Pacific:

A district of Shanghai, China, located along the Grand Canal and formerly the principal city of the region.

Various other minor towns and villages of China.

Synonym of Song River, any of various minor rivers in China.

(historical) A former province in China. Capital: Mudanjiang.


Qiantang

/t͡ʃiˌænˈtæŋ/

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Qian Liu
Qiantang
Tang dynasty
Wuyue

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錢塘 /钱塘 (Qiántáng), named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.

Ch‘ien-t‘ang (alternative)
Ch'ien-t'ang (alternative)

In the Province of Chekiang, near the chief City of Hangcheu, runs a River, which in regard of its courſe, is called ſometimes Che, at other times Cientang, and in ſome places Cingan.

[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 238:

The Choushan Archipelago of Chekiang, visited by both the cold and warm currents, is rich in fishes of cold- and warm-water origin which come in search of the nutritious food washed down by the Yangtse and Chientang waters. Choushan is now China’s biggest fishing ground.

[1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], “Seas”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 46:

The prince had the two old canals of the Wu kings widened, deepened, and lined with rock. Then he extended the canal around Tai Hu, and south to the Chientang River.

[1967, Lyn Harrington, “Sui—"The Son of a Talented Father Shows Talent"”, in The Grand Canal of China, Rand McNally & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:

The Severn has England's best bore, but it is less impressive than some others. North America has a spectacular one on the Petitcodiac River in New Brunswick. India has several. The Amazon has one. The greatest of all is said to be on the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, China.

1985 December 22, Roy Reed, “HERE COMES THE SEVERN BORE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section 10, page 23:

To the west and beyond the lake to the south was the broad river the Qiantang, at its widest almost two miles across, at its narrowest, at least half a mile.

2002, R. Keith Schoppa, Song Full of Tears: Nine Centuries of Chinese Life at Xiang Lake, Westview Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:

“Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean” Author, surfer and sailor Jonathan White discusses his book, in which he recounts being under Arctic ice with an Inuit elder, hunting for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide, a race with the “Silver Dragon,” a 25-foot tidal bore that surges 80 miles up the Qiantang River, and interviewing monks who live in a tide-wreathed monastery on Mont Saint-Michel, France.

2017 April 20, Gerri Marmer, “D.C. community and cultural events, April 20-27, 2017”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-04-20, Social Issues:

A river in China, flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay.


Twisp

From the Okanagan word for wasp or yellowjacket.


Akhuryan

Akhurian (alternative)
Akhuriyan (alternative)
Akhouryan (alternative)


Guadiana

en-proper noun

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

/ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/

/ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/

From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).


Tavy

Of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *tam-, meaning either "dark" or "to flow." See Thames and its listed cognates.


Cheboygan

A river in Michigan, United States; in full, Cheboygan River.


Stikine

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in northwestern British Columbia and southeast Alaska.


Root

Rouet (alternative)
Rout (alternative)
Roots (alternative)
Roote (alternative)
Rootes (alternative)

A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name.


Effra

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō via Old English ǣðre (“runlet of water, fountain, spring, stream”).

cog

A river in southern London, England, now mainly underground.


Saint John

A river in the United States and Canada; flowing from northern Maine into the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick.


Soar

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”), similar to the Latin river name Saravus and Sar in Spain.

der

A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.


Athabasca

Translingual: athabascae

From Woods Cree [Term?]/Cree Athap-askaw. Compare to Plains Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑯᐢᑳᐤ (“there are many reeds”) or Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑳᐤ (aaniskowaskaaw, “it is full of reeds”), from ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑿ (aaniskowaskwa, “reeds, bullrushes”). Doublet of Arthabaska, Quebec, from Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”).
The Cree name originally applied to the lake, and the river delta (the world's largest inland freshwater delta) and was borrowed into French and English by fur traders. The river was named by extension, and the town's name is clipping of "Athabasca Landing". The Cree name for the town is ᑲᐹᐏᓂᕁ (kapaawinihk, “portage, landing, disembarkation”).

cog

A river in Alberta, Canada, which flows into Lake Athabasca.


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.

The River Bray, a river in Devon, England, that flows south to join the River Mole at Meethe.


Leach

en-proper noun

Leach (countable and uncountable, plural Leaches)

Leaches (plural)
Latch (alternative)
Leech (alternative)
Leetch (alternative)
Leitch (alternative)
Litch (alternative)
Lytch (alternative)

Two main origins:
* Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
* Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake).

The River Leach, a river in Gloucestershire, with a short stretch in Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames at Lechlade.


Roach

Roach (countable and uncountable, plural Roachs or Roaches)

* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch.
* Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch.
* Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.

The River Roach, a river in Essex, England, which is a stream before becoming a tidal river and joining the River Crouch.

A Bacup to Manchester Victoria via Heywood diesel multiple-unit crossing the River Roach at Heap Bridge, Bury on November 4, 1960.

1964 October, “North-Western Line Multiple-Unit Services”, in Modern Railways, page 252, photo caption:

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Alternative spelling of Roch, the River Roch or Roach, A river in Greater Manchester, England. Roach appears to be mainly an older spelling.

Roch

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English

A places and rivers in the United States.

A short river in Piscataquis County, Maine, which flows into Moosehead Lake.

A short river in Virginia, a tributary of the Rivanna River.


Rio Grande

the Rio Grande (canonical)
Rio Grande River (alternative)

/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹænd/

/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹændeɪ/

/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹɑːndeɪ/

/ˌɹaɪ.oʊ ˈɡɹænd/

Borrowed from Spanish Río Grande (“big river”).

Article V.
The Boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of it’s deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to it’s western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then, to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same;) thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence, across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean.

1848, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo_(original)):

He was graduated with the second honors of his class in 1846; assigned to duty with a company of the Engineers, and ordered before the close of the year into active service on the line of the Rio Grande River.

1864, William Henry Hurlbert, General McClellan and the Conduct of the War, New York: Sheldon and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:

The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.

1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas, Waco, TX: Texian Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 62:

When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, the new country also obtained control over the lands North of the Rio Grande River that had been previously held by the Spanish.

1991, Gary Reyes, Texas: the Land, the People, the Cities, Mallard Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 10:

Leaving Acoma, the captain and his soldiers advanced north-east, reaching the Rio Grande River on 7 September.

2017, Philip J. Potter, Explorers and Their Quest For North America, Pen & Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 118:

In the immediate post-Cold War moment, New Mexico’s military role only expanded in importance, with formal calls for the twenty-first-century U.S. nuclear weapons complex to be consolidated along the Rio Grande River (Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force 1995).

2021, Joseph Masco, The Future of Fallout, and Other Episodes in Radioactive World-Making, Duke University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54:

A major river in the United States and Mexico, starting in Colorado, flowing through New Mexico, and forming the boundary between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas for most of its length.


Leith

From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

A minor river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the River Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden.


Eea

A short river in south Cumbria, England, that flows into the estuary of the River Leven, on Morecambe Bay.


Wick

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

The Wick River, a river in Caithness, Highland council area, that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea.


Thurso

From Old Norse Þórsá (“Thor's River”). The Norse is likely an adaptation of the Latin Tarvodubron from a Proto-Brythonic reflex of Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) + *dubros (“water”).

A river in Highland council area, Scotland.


Holme

A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Colne at Huddersfield.


Clutha

From the old name of the River Clyde in Scotland.

A river in Otago, New Zealand, the second-longest in the country, which flows into the Pacific Ocean and which was probably named by Scottish settlers.


Wishkah

Grays Harbor County
Grays Harbor County#English

A river in Washington, United States, flowing southwards through Grays Harbor County where it empties into the Chehalis at Aberdeen.


Sugar Creek

At least the Indiana and Tennessee creeks are named for the sugar maples which grow along their banks.

A tributary of the Tuscarawas River, Ohio.

A tributary of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania.


Sugaw Creek

From a Catawba word meaning "huts, houses" (see suk (“house”)).

A stream (creek) in North Carolina (a tributary of the Catawba), and any of several things (parks, churches, streets) named after it.


Ravi

Borrowed from Punjabi راوی (rāvī) / ਰਾਵੀ (rāvī), from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī).

We sit among the rushes on the banks of the Ravi and float in the flat boats on its muddy waters…

1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 189:

A river of the Punjab flowing through both India and Pakistan.


Inguri

From Georgian ენგური, derived from Old Georgian ეგური (eguri), the exact origin of which is disputed. According to one theory, the hydronym is from Mingrelian გური (guri, “heart”), however, other sources derive it from Proto-Georgian-Zan *egr- (> *egur-), whence also ეგრისი (egrisi, “Egrisi”), მეგრელი (megreli, “Mingrelian”). It has also been connected with Mingrelian გერი (geri, “wolf”).


Isle

A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.

A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.


Kola

A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.


Scamander

From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros).

(historical) A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)

A river in West Yorkshire, the River Worth, which joins the River Aire at Keighley.


Eo

A river in northern Spain, whose estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York

A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.


Brule

A river in Minnesota, flowing into Lake Superior


Bela

The River Bela, a short river in south Cumbria, England, which flows into the estuary of the River Kent.


Idle

en-proper-noun

Idle (countable and uncountable, plural Idles)

A river, the River Idle in Nottinghamshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.


St. Joseph River

The name of two rivers in Michigan, USA.


Ourthe

A river in Wallonia, Belgium, tributary to the Meuse.


Dâmbovița

Oil is found in the whole region of the Carpathian foothills on the Old Roumanian side from the district of Suceava in the north to the valley of the Dâmbovița in the south, a distance of nearly two hundred miles.

1932, Joseph Slabey Rouček, Contemporary Roumania and Her Problems: A Study in Modern Nationalism, California: Stanford University Press, […]; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, page 271:

Near Gemenea (Dâmbovița river) the archaeological data mention a pre-Roman Gethyc site (IV century B.C.) with an activity of extraction of gold from the Dâmbovița alluvial sands (Pârvari, 1967, pg 95) and possibly from Pleistocene Cândești gravels.

2004, Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, page 48:

Cotroceni Palace (Şos Cotroceni 1) lies along the western bank of the Dâmbovița River.

2004, Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp, Romania & Moldova (Lonely Planet), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:

1532 England Sir Thomas More resigns over Henry’s divorce. Wallachia Vlad the Drowned is so named after he gets drunk and rides into the Dâmbovița river, where he drowns; Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina becomes prince.

2009, Gordon Kerr, Timeline of Kings & Queens, Canary Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

This is the narrowest crossing point from north to south of the entire valley, and thus is the best location in the Dâmbovița River valley to control traffic from the Danube Plain northward toward the Carpathians and Transylvania.

2015, Troy R Lovata, Elizabeth Olton, Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:

Angerer also documented the desolate banks of the winding Dâmbovița, the muddy rivulet that divided the Wallachian capital and flooded almost every spring. He captured the contrast between the tanners’ workshops and shanties flanking the Dâmbovița and the imposing public buildings recently erected nearby.

2013, Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, “Romanian Architecture and Cityscape: The Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Photographers”, in Micheline Nilsen, editor, Nineteenth-Century Photographs and Architecture: Documenting History, Charting Progress, and Exploring the World, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, pages 220–221:

From a geomorphological point of view, Piatra Craiului Mountains represent a 20 km ridge oriented NE-SW, separated from the surrounding mountain units by the Bran–Rucăr corridor (east), the Dâmbovița and Tămaș basins in the west, the Brașov Basin (north), and the Dâmbovicioara Basin to the south. The hydrologic drainage of the area is controlled by the Bârsa River and its main tributary, Râul Mare in the north, and Dâmbovița and Dâmbovicioara rivers in the south.

2019, Spencer F. Coca, “Piatra Craiului Mountains: Grind Pit (Avenul de Sub Coltii Grindului)”, in Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Bogdan P. Onac, editors, Cave and Karst Systems of Romania, Springer International Publishing AG, →ISBN, “Geographic and Geologic Settings”, page 73:


Enza

Borrowed from Italian Enza, from Latin Incia.


Chara

Chara (countable and uncountable, plural Charas)

Ча́ра Чара#Russian

A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)


Nashua

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


Cocker

* As an English surname, from the verb cock (“to fight, wrangle”), itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kocher.
* The river in Cumbria is of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”).

der

A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Cockermouth.

A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary.


Tame

English surname, from the adjective Middle English tame as a nickname, and in some cases a habitational surname from Thame in Oxfordshire.

A river in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.

A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.


Independence

A number of places in the United States:

A river in New York; rising in Big Moose and flowing into the Black River at Pine Grove.


Tenasserim

Dahnasari (alternative)
Tanacerin (alternative)
Tanasary (alternative)
Tanasery (alternative)
Tannaserim (alternative)
Tarnassari (alternative)
Tenazar (alternative)

/təˈnæsəɹɪm/


Asi

Arabic الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣī)

the Orontes (a river in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey).


Ore

* From Old English ora (“edge, stream bank, brink”)
* For the river, a back-formation from Orford, Suffolk.

Ore, East Sussex
River Leven, Fife
River Ore

A river in Suffolk, England, in two sections; a non-tidal section that joins the River Alde, and a tidal section, a renaming of the Alde parallel to the coast south of Aldeburgh, passing Orford before entering the North Sea.

A tributary of the River Leven, Fife council area, Scotland.


Dal

A river in central Sweden, the second longest in the country.


Fen River

The cities west of the Fen River, where Taning is situated, were visited by him in 1869, but it is hardly possible that the copy of the Gospel which ultimately fell into the hands of Chang the Buddhist priest was one of those sold on that occasion, for the stamp upon the cover with the address at Taiyuanfu points to a later date when a station had been opened.

1921, Marshall Broomhall, In Quest of God: the Life Story of Pastors Chang & Ch'ü, Buddhist Priest & Chinese Scholar, Religious Tract Society, →OCLC, →OL, page 23:

This painting, which is the large central one in the Chinese Fresco Gallery on the ground floor of the Museum, is 38 feet, 2 inches long, and 18 feet, 11 inches high. It is known to have come from the Hsing Hua Ssŭ, "Monastery of Joyful Conversion", which is about ten miles south east of Chi-shan in South Shansi (Lat. 35°35ʹ, Long. 111°01ʹ). The monastery is located in the Chi Mountains, a range which forms part of the southern watershed of the Fen River, on which the town of Chi-shan is situated. In the Chi-shan Hsien Chih the official gazetteer of Chi-shan county, the location of Hsing Hua Monastery is recorded and the date of its founding is given as A.D. 592, in the Sui Dynasty.

1950 August [1937 July], W. C. White, H. E. Fernald, “Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto”, in Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Revised edition, number 12, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

A prehistoric site of late Pleistocene age, which was especially prepared for our visit, was seen at Ting-ts'un, above the Fen River (Shansi).

1977, F. Clark Howell, “Introduction”, in Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:

Taiyuan, the capital of the province, lies on the upper reaches of the Fen surrounded by irrigated ricelands, orchards and vineyards on the mountain slopes, with enormous seams of coal underground. In Shansi all roads lead to Taiyuan, but the roads that radiate out of Taiyuan in every direction lead nowhere.

[1983, William Hinton, “Introduction: Shansi, Land of the Oxhide Lanterns”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxxiv:

About three hours in, the land leveled off and the horizon gave way to a jumbled skyline, broken by the Fen River. This was not how I had pictured Taiyuan: expecting history and poignancy, I would instead find Prada and Paul Smith.

2008 August 10, Aric Chen, “Bridging Generations on China’s High Plateau”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-02-10, Travel:

According to state media, 59 national meteorological stations reported the highest ever recorded daily rainfall, and 63 their highest accumulative total over the period. The Fen River reached its highest level in four years, they said.
Torrential rains fell for several days last week across the province. In 12 hours overnight to Thursday morning, Shanxi, which ordinarily has an average of 31.3mm for the month, had an average 119.5mm across the province.

2021 October 11, “China floods: bus falls into river as heavy rains destroy homes”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2021-10-12:


Vorotan

A river in Armenia, the left tributary of the Araks.


Vardar

From Ancient Greek Βαρδάριος (Bardários), possibly of Thracian origin, from an earlier *Vardários, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wordo- *wori- (“black water”). More at Vardar.

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

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


Sutlej

Borrowed from Hindi सतलुज (satluj), itself ultimately from Sanskrit शतद्रु (śatadru).

Satlej (alternative)
Satluj (alternative)
Sutledge (alternative)

The longest of five rivers that run through Punjab in both India and Pakistan.


Hunte

A river in Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Weser.


Chao Phraya

/ˈtʃaʊ pɹəˈjɑː/

Borrowed from Thai เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa).

A major river in Thailand, flowing southwards through Bangkok and emptying into the Gulf of Thailand.

Chao Phraya River
Wat Arun
royal barge procession


Inn

A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.


Quindío

Borrowed from Spanish Quindío from the native name, which is said by some sources to be from Quimbaya quindío or quindus meaning "paradise, eden".

A river in Colombia, 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, which forms in the mountains east of Salento and flows to the southwest.


Ribnik

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English


Kash

From Russian Каш (Kaš) and Chinese 喀什 (Kāshí), from Mongolian Хаш (Xaš), from Mongolian хаш (xaš, “jade”).

OUR previous survey, including the expedition up the Yurungkash gorge, had cleared up the important question as to the true origin and course of the main feeder of the Khotan River. The next and equally interesting task was to map the headwaters of the streams which drain the portion of the Kuen-lnen range south and south-west of Karanghu-tagh, and are manifestly the principal tributaries. In the course of my inquiries from the Qusha herdsmen about dominant pots that would enable me to sight again the series of maguificent glaciers which feed the Kash River, I lad ascertained that there was a difficult path just practicable for laden yaks crossing the transverse range north-west to Karanghu-tagh. It was said to lead to the Nissa Valley, whence a track could be found to the mountains on the upper Kara-kash River.

1903, Aurel Stein, “Over the Kara-kash Ranges”, in Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan, published 2005, →OCLC, page 225:

In the Chinese part of the river basin, three hydroelectric power plants have been constructed (i.e., one on the Kash River, and two on the Kenes River).

2004, V.M. Starodubtsev, O.L. Fedorenko, M.Zh. Burlibaev, “Assessment of the Influence of River Runoff Regulation on Ecological Situation”, in Christopher M. Teaf, Bulat K. Yessekin, Mikhail K. Khankhasayev, editors, Risk Assessment as a Tool for Water Resources Decision-Making in Central Asia (NATO Science Series), volume 34, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 282:

A river in Xinjiang, China, a tributary of the Ili.


Nar

Back-formation from Narborough, a town through which the river flows.

A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Great Ouse.


Rhodanian

An adaptation of the French rhodanien, Rhodanien with the suffix -ian.

[Léon Perrier's] regional statism crystallized […] the decades-old conflicts among constituencies in the Rhône valley, and between Parisians and Rhodanians.

2011, Sara B. Pritchard, “Envisioning a New Rhône”, in Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 66:

[S]ome communities along the lower Rhône complained that the BRL’s project allowed inland residents to receive “their” water, a grievance that echoed Rhodanians’ objections in the late nineteenth century, when Parisians and northern industrialists had sought access to Rhône-produced electricity.

Ibidem, “Rethinking the Nation”, page 179


Bhadra

From the feminine of Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá).


Cris

A river in Mures, Romania, tributary of the Tarnava Mare.


Lemhi

A river in Idaho, United States, which is a tributary of the Salmon River.


Ouse

From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex.


Arrow

A river in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the Warwickshire Avon.

A river in Powys, Wales and Herefordshire, England, which flows into the River Lugg.

A river in Otago, New Zealand, which flows through Arrowtown to the Kawarau River.


Wiske

A minor river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Swale.


Buchan

The Buchan River, a river in eastern Victoria.


Godbout

en-proper-noun

Godbout (countable and uncountable, plural Godbouts)

Godbouts (plural)
Godebout (alternative)
Godeboust (alternative)

From French Godbout. The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling of the surname "Godbout" for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

A river in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada; in full, Godbout River.


Vachon

Vachon (countable and uncountable, plural Vachons)

A placename
Ellipsis of Vachon River.
A river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada.

A placename
Ellipsis of Vachon River.
A river in Chaudiere, Quebec, Canada.


Esk

Possibly derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Exe, and Usk.

A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Eskdale to Whitby.

A river in Cumbria, England, which also flows through Eskdale, and into the Irish Sea.

A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which crosses the border into Cumbria, England, before flowing into Solway Firth.

A river mostly in East Lothian council area, Scotland, its branches North Esk and South Esk are in Midlothian.


Flushing

A place in New Netherland, particularly, the New Amsterdam area.

A river in Queens, New York, New York, United States; in full, Flushing River.


Hayle

A short river in Cornwall which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the town.


Looe

From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A river in Northumberland, which flows into the North Sea at Blyth.

A river in Suffolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.


Darent

From Proto-Brythonic *dar (“oak”). Cognate to the river Dart.

A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Thames.


Scioto

A 231-mile-long river which flows through Ohio, United States, joining the Ohio River at Portsmouth, OH.


Waimakariri

A large river in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Teign

First attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.

A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.


Erewash

A river in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.


Schuylkill

A river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia.


Colne

A river, known as Colne Water, which flows through the town of Colne, Lancashire, and joins Pendle Water.

A river in West Yorkshire, which flows into the River Calder near Mirfield.

A river in Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, which flows into the River Thames at Staines.

A river in Essex, which flows into an estuary at Brightlingsea.


Thame

Dorchester is not on the Thames, yet belongs to it certainly, for the Thame, which combines with the Isis to form the Thames, flows past it.

1906, Geraldine Mitton, chapter IV, in The Thames, London: A. & C. Black:

A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which flows into the River Thames at Dorchester-on-Thames.


Cherwell

/ˈt͡ʃɑːɹwɛl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹwɛl/

A river that rises in Northamptonshire, before flowing through Oxfordshire and into the River Thames (Isis) at Oxford.


Irwell

A river in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England, part of it forming the Manchester Ship Canal, which joins the River Mersey at Irlam.

A short river in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Teme

From the same base of many other rivers in England; see the cognates listed at Thames.

A river which rises in Powys, Wales, before entering England, flowing through Shropshire, Herefordshire, for a short distance, and Worcestershire, and joining the River Severn south of Worcester.

A minor river in Marlborough, New Zealand, which flows into the (Marlborough) Avon River.


Waihopai

A river in Marlborough, New Zealand, which is a tributary of the Wairau River.

A river in Southland, New Zealand, which flows into an estuary at Invercargill.


St. Croix

A river in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States, which is a tributary of the Mississippi.


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.

A river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the River Douglas.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A river, named Yarrow Water, in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.


Ribble

A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea.

A minor river in West Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Holme at Holmfirth.


Wyre

A river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood.


Pendle

From Proto-Brythonic *penn ("head, top") + Old English hyll (“hill”).

A river in Pendle borough, Lancashire, known as Pendle Water, which flows into the River Calder (tributary of the Ribble).


Welland

en-proper noun

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).

It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct that towers over the village of Harringworth, and which crosses the flood plain of the River Welland on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire, which drew my family to living close by when we moved to Britain's smallest county in the early 1990s.

2021 October 6, John Hillier, “Harringworth's magical viaduct”, in RAIL, number 941, pages 36–37:

A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, which flows into the Wash, a large bay on the North Sea.

A river in southern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Niagara River and was named after the English river.


Waveney

A river on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk in England which joins the River Yare at Breydon Water.


Yare

Of Anglo-Celtic origin, the name probably means "babbling brook," from a Celtic base *gar- (“noisy, chattering”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *karō (“complaint, moan”) and Latin garrio (“to babble, chatter”).

der

A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from a Brythonic word such as *dwr-gent (“clear water”).

Darwent (alternative)
Darwen (alternative)
Darwin (alternative)
Darran (alternative)
Durrans (alternative)
Durant (alternative)

A river in Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which also forms the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire before joining the River Ouse.

A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Workington.

A river forming the border between County Durham and Northumberland, before entering Tyneside and joining the River Tyne.

A river in Tasmania, Australia, which flows into the Tasman Sea near Hobart.


Brue

A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Burnham-on-Sea.


Stour

Most of the rivers' names are from the root of stour (“powerful, tall, large”), though some may have been borrowed through and influenced by Celtic (compare Welsh dŵr (“water”).

A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.

A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay.

The Stour is at its lowest ebb, and the sheen of the flats makes it difficult to tell where ground ends and water begins, out in the bay.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 37:

A river in Essex and Suffolk, England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich.

A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon.

A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn.


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.

A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.


Dart

From Proto-Brythonic *dar (“oak”). Cognate to the Darent.

A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.


Manitowoc

/ˈmænɪtəˌwɔːk/

A river in Wisconsin, the Manitowoc River, which flows into Lake Michigan at Manitowoc.


Plym

Back-formation of Plympton, meaning "plum tree;" also see Cornish ploumenn.

A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor via Plymouth to Plymouth Sound on the English Channel.


Fowey

A river in Cornwall which flows from Bodmin Moor to the English Channel at the town of Fowey.


Camel

From a Cornish word meaning "crooked" - the crooked river.

A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow.


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

A river in Wiltshire, England, which flows into the Salisbury-Hampshire Avon.

A small river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Bournemouth.

Either of two rivers in Surrey, England, passing through Chertsey and Addlestone before converging and flowing into the Thames.

A small river in Kent, England, which joins the River Medway.


Torridge

A river in Devon, England, which flows into the Taw estuary and Atlantic Ocean.


Taw

A river in Devon, England, which flows into an estuary where it meets the River Torridge.


Little River

The name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:

A river in Oklahoma and Arkansas, United States; a tributary of the Red River.

A river in Missouri and Arkansas, United States; a tributary of the St. Francis River.

A number of places in the United States:

A neighbourhood and river in Miami, Florida.

A census-designated place and river in Horry County, South Carolina.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and river in the City of Greater Geelong and City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia.


Brockman

A river in Western Australia, the Brockman River.


Lamoille

A river in Vermont, United States, which flows into Lake Champlain.


Etowah

From a Cherokee version of a Muskogee word.


Kanawha

A river in West Virginia, United States, which flows into the Ohio River.


Oswego

From a Mohawk name meaning "flowing out", referring to the river.

A river in New York which flows into Lake Ontario.

A river in New Jersey, United States, which flows into the Wading River.


Mahon

en-proper noun

Mahon (countable and uncountable, plural Mahons)

A river in County Waterford, Ireland, that flows into the Celtic Sea.


St. Clair River

They followed the St. Clair River south to the fishing towns of Marine City and Algonac and back again.

2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 37:

A river which flows from Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, and forms part of the border between Ontario, Canada and Michigan, United States.


Red Willow Creek

A river in Nebraska, United States, after which Red Willow County is named. The name "red willow" is a misnomer of red dogwood.


Waupaca

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Waupaca.wav


Merrimack

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.


Blue Earth River

So named for the blue clay along its banks in the past.

A river in Minnesota, United States, with branches that meet at Mankato and form the Minnesota River.


Sandusky

A river in Ohio, the Sandusky River, which flows into Lake Erie.


Autauga Creek

From the Autauga Native American people.

A creek in Autauga County, Alabama that runs through the city of Prattville.


Chemung

From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.

A river in New York and Pennsylvania, United States; flowing from the confluence of the Tioga and Cohocton rivers at Painted Post, New York into the Susquehanna at Sayre, Pennsylvania.


DuPage

A river in Illinois, United States, a tributary of the Des Plaines River, named after a French trader.


Salween

the Salween (canonical)
Salwen (alternative)

Borrowed from Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang).

Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao, a geologist by trade and populist by instinct, vetoed the dams in Yunnan province on the UNESCO-protected Nu River, known outside China as the Salween, in 2005, after an outcry from environmentalists.

2013 March 7, Ben Blanchard, “About 60,000 could lose homes for controversial China dams”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-01-26:

Three great rivers rush through parallel canyons in the mountains of southwest China on their way to the coastal plains of Asia. At least 10 dams have been built on two of them, the Mekong and the Yangtze. The third remains wild: the remote, raging Nu, known as the Salween in Myanmar, where it empties into the Andaman Sea.

2016 June 18, Edward Wong, “China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-18, Asia Pacific:

About 2,500 people, including 200 students, have crossed the Salween River into northern Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, according to the Free Burma Rangers. An estimated 10,000 people are believed to be displaced in Myanmar's northern Karen state, the agency said.

2021 March 29, “Myanmar: Thousands take to streets as others flee”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2021-03-29, News:

A 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.


Tarrant

Tarrant (countable and uncountable, plural Tarrants)

A short river in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the (Dorset) Stour.


Pedernales

Borrowed from Spanish pedernales (“flints”).

A river in central Texas, United States.


Fortescue

Fortescue (countable and uncountable, plural Fortescues)

From Anglo-Norman Fortescu, from Norman Fort-Escu, from Old French fort+escut. Literally, “strong shield”.

An ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Australia.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Wharfe.


Sauer

A river in Europe that flows for 173 km (103 mi) through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; it empties into the Moselle near Wasserbillig.


Hinds

Hinds (countable and uncountable, plural Hindses)

A small town and river (the Hinds River) in south Canterbury, New Zealand.


Feng

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).


Chew

Chew (countable and uncountable, plural Chews)

* As an English surname, Chew has a number of separate origins:
** A toponymic surname referring to a place in Billington, Lancashire. It was originally spelled Cho, from Middle English cho, which is possibly a descendant of Old English *cēo (“gill”), denoting a ravine.
** A toponymic surname referring to Chew Magna or Chew Stoke in Somerset, England.
** A nickname from Old English ċīo, ċēo, which refers to smaller chattering species of crow, in particular the red-billed chough.
* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Hokkien 周 (Chiu), Teochew 周 (ziu1), Cantonese 趙／赵 (ziu6), etc.


Moy

Moy (countable and uncountable, plural Moys)

From Taishanese 梅 (moi3), or a habitational surname for someone from Moy, Aisne or Mouy, Oise in France.

A river, the River Moy in County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland.


Pang

The name of the river is a back-formation from Pangbourne.

A minor river in Berkshire, England, which flows into the Thames at Pangbourne.


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

A river in Shropshire, which passes the hamlet and joins the River Tern.


Medlock

A river in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.


Lessard

Lessard (countable and uncountable, plural Lessards)

A river in Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.

A placename
Ellipsis of Lessard River.
A river in Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada.


Marron

A river in west Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, which joins the River Derwent (Cumbria).


Trempealeau

From French trempe à l'eau, shortened from La Montagne qui trempe à l'eau.

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A village and town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Witham

Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)

Withams (plural)
Whittome (alternative)
Withem (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).

A river, the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England.


Rhee

Rhee (countable and uncountable, plural Rhees)

For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.

The River Rhee, a river that begins in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and ends at Hauxton Junction, Cambridgeshire, England, where it joins the River Cam (or Granta). Also known as the River Cam or Rhee within Cambridgeshire.


Lowther

Lowther (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthers)

The River Lowther, a small river in Cumbria, a tributary of the Eamont.


Wheelock

Wheelock (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelocks)

A minor river in Cheshire, which gives its name to the village and joins the River Dane at Middlewich.


Kennett

Kennett (countable and uncountable, plural Kennetts)

A minor river in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, England, which gives its name to the above village, and to Kentford in Suffolk.


Pearl River

Calque of Chinese 珠江 (literally “pearl river”).

Pirates have of late become so bold and murderous in their attacks upon the small sailing craft found in the delta of the Pearl river, and the islands interjacent, as to arouse the Chinese government to take strong measures to suppress and disperse them.

1843 January, “Journal of Occurrences : dispatches from Kiying : arrival of I'lipu ; shipwrecked Japanese”, in The Chinese Repository, volume XII, number 1, Canton, page 56:

The task of directing thousands of pushcarts and tiny handicraft shops and millions of tiny farms and of controlling the flow of crucial supplies created headaches for officials everywhere and the Pearl River Delta area was justly famous for the flowering of tiny enterprises.

1969, Ezra Vogel, Canton under Communism: Programs and Politics in a Provincial Capital 1949-1968, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132:

A Chinese-language broadcast from Moscow said the Tienanmen crowds were indeed against Mao but the burning of vehicles and building was started by the Maoists to provide themselves with excuses for stepped-up suppression.
We don’t know whether this was the case, but we have learned that some 50,000 Peiping students have been sent to rural and frontier areas since the incident, that corpses have been floating down the Pearl River from Canton, and that the Maoists have been crying out savagely.

1976 April 25, L. Chen, “Mao's word is unanimous vote?”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 16, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

Debt-laden real estate developer China Evergrande (3333.HK) has resumed construction of 63 projects in the southern Pearl River delta, a regional subsidiary said on Friday.

2021 November 19, “China Evergrande resumes construction on 63 projects in Pearl River delta”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-11-19:


Pearl River

St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish#English

A town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A census-designated place in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States.

A hamlet and census-designated place in Rockland County, New York, United States.


Leader

Leader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders)

English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).

A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which joins the (Canterbury) Waiau.


La Crosse

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-La Crosse.wav

A river in the United States, flowing from southwestern Wisconsin, into the Mississippi.


Wabash

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

A number of places in the United States:

The Wabash River, a river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River.


Rockcastle

A river in Kentucky, United States, a tributary of the Cumberland River.


Kennebec

A river in Maine, United States, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean.


Skagit

A river in Washington, United States, which flows into Puget Sound.


Clear Creek

The name of many creeks, rivers and other places in North America, including:

A tributary of the South Platte River, Colorado, United States.


Hocking

Hocking (countable and uncountable, plural Hockings)

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.


Medicine Lodge

A city, the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States.


Ter

A river in the Catalonia autonomous region, Spain.


Collie

Collie (countable and uncountable, plural Collies)

A river in the South West region, Western Australia, named after Alexander Collie.


Wiltz

A river in Europe that flows for around 42 km (26 mi) through Belgium and Luxembourg; it empties into the Sauer near Goebelsmuhle.


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296:

A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.

Tweed Shire, a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River.

A river in this region of New South Wales.


Chehalis

From Lower Chehalis C̓x̣íl̕əš (“Westport, Washington”).

bor

A river in Washington, United States, flowing into the Pacific Ocean.


Chehalis

From Halkomelem Stsʼaʼí:les (the name of a village, literally “beating heart”). Doublet of Sts'Ailes.

A river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the Harrison River.


Cray

en-proper noun

Cray (countable and uncountable, plural Crays)

* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy.
* As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from kraai (“crow”).

A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Darent.


Shu

From romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 沭 (Shù).


Shu

Synonym of Chu, a river in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.


Nueces

A river in Texas which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.


Yadkin

A river in North Carolina, United States.


Toms River

A river in Ocean County, New Jersey, which flows into the Atlantic via an estuary.


Lavaca

A river in Texas, United States, which flows into Lavaca Bay in the Gulf of Mexico.


Carron

Carron (countable and uncountable, plural Carrons)

A river in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Carron.

A river in Sutherland, Highland council area, which flows into the Kyle of Sutherland.


Dulas

A river in Gwynedd and Powys, which joins the Dovey/Dyfi at Machynlleth on its north side; also known as the North Dulas.

A river in Powys, which also joins the Dovey/Dyfi at Machynlleth, but on its south side; also known as the South Dulas.


Worsley

Worsley (countable and uncountable, plural Worsleys)

From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *cę̃d (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.

A short river in Western Australia, after which the town is named.


Mun

A river in Thailand; in full, River Mun.

A river in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; in full, Mun River.


Sow

Sow (countable and uncountable, plural Sows)

A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Trent.


Meese

Meese (countable and uncountable, plural Meeses)

A river in Shropshire, England, a tributary of the River Tern.


Rother

en-prop

Rother (countable and uncountable, plural Rothers)

# For the river in South Yorkshire: Probably 'the chief river', from Middle English Roder, from Proto-Brythonic *ro + Old Welsh *duβr.
# For the river in West Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherbridge.
# For the river in East Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherfield. Replaced Middle English Liminel, which is cognate with River Limden.

A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.

A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun.

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:

A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.


Escambia

A river in Florida which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, and is a continuation of the Conecuh River.


Conecuh

A river in Alabama, United States, which flows into the Escambia River.


Ouachita

/ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/

/ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɔː/

A river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana.


Calcasieu

/ˈkælkəˌʃuː/


Lackawanna

/ˌlækəˈwɑnə/

From Lenape Lechauwa-hannek : "the river that forks".

A city in Erie County, New York, United States, named after the Lackawanna Steel Company.


Bollin

en-proper noun

Bollin (countable and uncountable, plural Bollins)

Uncertain. Possibly from Old English bōl (“eel”) + hlynn (“a torrent, a noisy stream”).

A river in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, England, which joins the River Mersey.


Dove Creek

A stream in Colorado after which the town is named, a tributary of the San Juan River.


Nairn

The River Nairn, a river in Highland council area, which flows into the Moray Firth at the town of Nairn.


Ettrick Water

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, which flows into the River Tweed between Selkirk and Galashiels.


Genesee

/ˌd͡ʒɛnɪˈsiː/

From Seneca Gen-nis'-hee-yo (“pleasant valley, beautiful valley”).

der

The name of various places in North America:

A number of places in the United States:

A river with its headwaters in Pennsylvania, which flows through western New York to Lake Ontario.


Huai River

Partial calque from Mandarin 淮河 (Huái Hé).

The Huai river and the sea formed the boundaries of Yangchow.

1895, Herbert J. Allen, “Ssŭma Chʻien's Historical Records”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97:

In other sectors of our national life, giant and fundamental solutions have been undertaken for age-old problems, such as the floods with which the Huai river has plagued our people for thirty centuries.

1952 January-February, Soong Ching Ling, “Welfare Work and World Peace”, in China Reconstructs, volume 1, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

Those "counterrevolutionaries" who were not executed were subjected to "reform through labor," a euphemism for slave labor, and participated in the intensive work which began on railway and road construction and water conservation schemes. The most important of the latter was the vaunted Huai River flood control project, which has been the subject of praise in all the accounts of fellow travelers who have visited China.

1955, Richard L. Walker, China Under Communism: The First Five Years, New Haven: Yale University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:

In 1938 the great stream was deflected to the south by the Chinese in a misplaced effort to delay the advance of Japanese forces moving southward from T'ien-ching (Tientsin) and Pei-ching (Peking); and it flowed southeastward into the Huai river system and thence through a series of lakes and the Grand Canal down into the Yangtze drainage area.

1969, Joseph Kitagawa, editor, Understanding Modern China, Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49:

It’s now called Huaihai Road, which commemorates the second great campaign of 1949, when Mao’s soldiers advanced from the Huai River to the sea, putting them in position to take Shanghai.

2011, Lisa See, Dreams of Joy, Oxford: ISIS Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157:

The creek connects the Xi River to factories along the Huai River, but it’s too shallow for large boats to navigate.

2013, Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew, The Dark Road, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 152:

China on Sunday raised the flood alert level in the Huai River region in the country’s east to Level II from Level III, the second highest on its four-tier scale, after days of torrential downpours and amid expectations of further heavy rainfall.
Ten reservoirs on the Huai River have seen water levels exceeding warning levels by as much as 6.85 metres, according to the Huaihe River Commission of China’s Ministry of Water Resources.
The 1,000km (620 mile) Huai River flows through major agriculture and manufacturing hubs in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces.

2020 July 19, Muyu Xu, Xu Jing, Tom Daly, “China raises flood alert levels along Huai River”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-07-19, Environment:

A major river in central China, now a tributary of the Yangtze.


Leven

A short river in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A river in Perth and Kinross council area and Fife council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.

A short river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Tees.


Chui

Synonym of Chu, a river in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.


Gade

en-proper noun

Gade (countable and uncountable, plural Gades)

A river almost entirely in Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.


Poulter

Poulter (countable and uncountable, plural Poulters)

A river, the River Poulter, in Nottinghamshire, England,, which joins the River Idle east of Elkesley.


Burn

Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)

* The surname is of English origin, variant of Bourne.
* The placename in Yorkshire is likely related to the suffix -burn, found in placenames such as Woodburn, Glusburn, etc., from burn (“stream”).

A river in Dartmoor, Devon, England, a tributary of the River Tavy.

A short river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.

A river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Ure.


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

Ellipsis of the Lytton Creek: a stream in Thompson-Nicola district, British Columbia, Canada.


Irkut

Transliteration of Russian Ирку́т (Irkút).

translit

Republic of Buryatia
Republic of Buryatia#English

A river in the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.


Kootenai

A river in Idaho and Montana, United States, the US name for the Kootenay River in British Columbia, which flows from the Canadian Rockies to the Columbia River via the United States.


Llano

en-proper noun

Llano (countable and uncountable, plural Llanos)

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

A city, the county seat of Llano County, Texas, United States.


Wenning

Wenning (countable and uncountable, plural Wennings)

The River Wenning, a river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, a tributary of the River Lune.


Viau

Viau (countable and uncountable, plural Viaus)

Viaus (plural)
Deviau (alternative)
DeViau (alternative)
deViau (alternative)
De Viau (alternative)
de Viau (alternative)

A river in Tarn department, Occitania, France, a tributary of the Tarn River.


Mahoning

the Mahoning River in Ohio and Pennsylvania, USA, part of the Ohio River watershed.


Awe

Awe (countable and uncountable, plural Awes)

For nearly four miles, between Loch Awe and Taynuilt, the Callander and Oban section of the L.M.S.R. runs through the Pass of Brander, on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, beside the swift-flowing River Awe.

1947 May and June, “Notes and News: Derailment in the Pass of Brander, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 181:

The River Awe, a short river between Loch Awe and Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.


Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (countable and uncountable, plural Arrowsmiths)

From arrowsmith, an occupational surname for a maker of iron arrowheads.

A river in the Mid West region, Western Australia, named after cartographer John Arrowsmith.


Niobrara

The Niobrara River in Wyoming and Nebraska, United States, which is a tributary of the Missouri River.


Tuscarawas

The Tuscarawas River in Ohio, USA, which is a tributary of the Muskingum River.


Coosa

An unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States.


Chariton

A city, the county seat of Lucas County, Iowa, United States. Named after a French trader.

An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri, United States, named after the river.


Concho

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States.

An unincorporated community in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.


Susquehanna

From Lenape Sisa'we'hak'hanna (literally “Oyster River”). Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river.

Coleridge, too, had left Cambridge and was at Bristol, drawn thither by his newly formed friendship with Southey, lecturing, writing, dreaming of his ideal Pantisocracy on the banks of the Susquehannah and love-making.

A major river in the northeastern United States, flowing from the state of New York, through Pennsylvania and Maryland to Chesapeake Bay.


Hamps

A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Manifold.


Amite

A river (the Amite River) in Mississippi and Louisiana, United States, which flows into Lake Maurepas.


Elk River

United States of America
United States of America

the name of a number of rivers in Canada and the United States of America.

An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A small city in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.

Sherburne County
Sherburne County#English

A city, the county seat of Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. Named after the local Elk River.


Tonge

Tonge (countable and uncountable, plural Tonges)

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, which becomes the River Croal before joining the River Irwell.


Sitter

Sitter (countable and uncountable, plural Sitters)

A river in north-east Switzerland, a tributary of the Thur.


Rappahannock

Rappahannock
Rappahannock County
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock people

A river in Virginia, United States, which flows into Chesapeake Bay


Oconto

A river in Wisconsin, United States, the Oconto River, which flows into Green Bay, Lake Michigan.


North Platte

The North Platte River, a river in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, USA, which joins the South Platte River near the city of North Platte, forming the Platte River.


Arun

A river in West Sussex, after which the district was named.


Nodaway

An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri, named after the river.


Rance

Rance (countable and uncountable, plural Rances)

A river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel.


Chiers

A river in Europe that flows for about 130 km (81 mi) through Luxembourg, Belgium and France; it joins the Meuse near Sedan.


Alzette

A river in Europe that flows for 73 km (45 mi) through France and Luxembourg; it empties into the Sauer near Ettelbruck.


Clerve

A river in Europe that flows for 48 km (30 mi) through Luxembourg; it empties into the Wiltz near Kautenbach.


Eisch

Possibly from German Eisch, from Luxembourgish Äisch. Possibly related to German Aische, but unlikely.

A river in Europe that flows for around 50 km (31 mi) through Belgium and Luxembourg; it joins the Alzette near Mersch.


Pant

Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.

A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater.


Rideau

Rideau (countable and uncountable, plural Rideaus)

A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, a tributary of the Ottawa River.


Brazeau

Brazeau (countable and uncountable, plural Brazeaus)

A river in Alberta, Canada; named for linguist Joseph Brazeau, who was part of the Palliser expedition.


Ussuri

This Nerchinsk Treaty, exacted literally at the cannon's mouth, was not only the first concluded between China and Russia, but the first between China and any foreign Power. It was essentially a boundary treaty, though free trade between the two countries was also provided for ; yet the Chinese made the fatal mistake of leaving the eastern frontier, beyond the line of the Ussuri, for future definition, their only excuse being ignorance of the country ; though the Ming Emperors Hun-wu (1368-98) and Yun-lo, in 1413, had sent expeditions to the lower Amoor ; built temples there ; and erected stone monuments, with inscriptions, that still exist.

1912 January, “Russo-Chinese Relations”, in The Edinburgh Review, volume CCXV, →OCLC, page 198:

In Beijing’s view, in the absence of an explicit treaty provision, the central line of the main channel—the Thalweg principle—provided a legal basis for delimiting the boundary in the two rivers. On this basis, Beijing claimed that 600 of the rivers’ 700 islands—including Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, just 180 miles southwest of an important Soviet city, Khabarovsk—belonged to the P.R.C.

1980, Melvin Gurton, Byong-Moo Hwang, China under Threat: The Politics of Strategy and Diplomacy, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 210:

In January 1969, Chinese and Soviet soldiers fought around Zhenbao Island in the Ussuri River.

2005, Michael P. Colaresi, “Climbing the Wall: The Sino-American Rivalry”, in Scare Tactics: The Politics of International Rivalry, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202:

In 2008 Moscow ceded 174 square km (67 square miles) of land to Beijing on their shared border along the Ussuri and Amur Rivers, where the two powers exchanged fire in 1969, leaving nearly 60 dead.

2011 March 1, Thomas Grove, “Analysis: Russia turns military gaze east to counter China”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2017-08-19:

Since the Ussuri River border skirmishes that marked the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s, the Kremlin has perceived its long border with China as a security challenge as much as a commercial opportunity.

2014 November 10, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gazprom Makes a New Gas Deal With China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-11, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:

A river forming part of the border between Heilongjiang, China and Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.


Magat

A river in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela, Luzon, Philippines.


Tallapoosa

A city in Haralson County, Georgia, United States, named after the river.

New Madrid County
New Madrid County#English

A small city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States, named after the county in Alabama.


Lymington

The dimensions of the ships used on this service have always been restricted by the shallowness of the Lymington River, although the Lymington was somewhat larger than her predecessors, and was the first steel vessel built for this service.

1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:

The Lymington River, a river in the New Forest of Hampshire, which flows into the Solent at Lymington.


Umatilla

A city in Lake County, Florida, United States.

A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, named after the river.


Umatilla

A member of a Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States, along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers.


La Plata

The La Plata River, a river in Colorado, United States.


Neosho

From a Native American word relating to water.

A river in Kansas and Oklahoma, United States, a tributary of the Arkansas River.


Shenandoah

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu·tú (“deer”) or kanʌʔtú:saʔ (“hemlock”).

Here Shenandoah brawls along, / And burly Blue-Ridge echoes strong

1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way

The Shenandoah River: A tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.


Tuscumbia

A city, the county seat of Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

A village, the county seat of Miller County, Missouri, United States.


San Saba

A river, the San Saba River in Texas, the name was derived from Spanish Río de San Sabá de las Nueces.


Cripple Creek

At least four streams in the United States, in Colorado, New York, Tennessee and Virginia.


Leen

Leen (countable and uncountable, plural Leens)

The River Leen, a minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, that joins the River Trent in Nottingham.


Kankakee

A river, the Kankakee River in Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Illinois River.


Cimarron

From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).

Cimarron#Populated places in the United States

A river that flows from northeastern New Mexico, into the Arkansas River in northeastern Oklahoma.


Heathcote

Heathcote (countable and uncountable, plural Heathcotes)

A river in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Wenatchee

/wɛˈnæt͡ʃiː/

A river in Chelan County, Washington, United States, a tributary of the Columbia river.


Manistee

An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Manistee County, Michigan, United States.


Patoka

In New Zealand, from the Maori language.

A tributary of the Wabash River, in southern Indiana.


Teifi

After running through the meadows for about a mile, the train enters the County of Cardigan, and follows the south bank of the Teifi to Cardigan Station.

1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 485:

The White Hart, overlooking the bridge, has a bar named after the coracles that may still be seen on this part of the Teifi.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 110:

A river in Wales that forms the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, and also with Pembrokeshire for a short distance.


Lehigh

Lehigh (countable and uncountable, plural Lehighs)


Benue

A river in Cameroon and Nigeria; a major tributary of Niger river.


Sheboygan

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sheboygan.wav

A river in Wisconsin, United States, which runs into Lake Michigan at Sheboygan; in full, Sheboygan River.


Penk

A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Sow.


Grom

The River Grom, a minor tributary of the River Medway, that forms part of the boundary between East Sussex and Kent, England. The village of Groombridge might be named after it.


Juupajoki

A river in the municipality of Juupajoki, Pirkanmaa, Finland.


Etobicoke

→ French: Etobicoke

→ Chinese:

Cantonese: 怡陶碧谷 (ji4 tou4 bik1 guk1), 伊陶碧谷 (ji1 tou4 bik1 guk1)

zh-l

怡陶碧谷 (Yítáobìgǔ)

伊陶碧谷 (Yītáobìgǔ)

Mandarin: 怡陶碧谷 (Yítáobìgǔ), 伊陶碧谷 (Yītáobìgǔ)

From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (wah-do-be-kang, “where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. First transliterated into English as Ato-be-coake, becoming Tobacock, before becoming Etobicoke.

der

Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area#English

A river in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada; in full, Etobicoke Creek.


Seyhan

Seihan (alternative)
Sihun (alternative)

A river in Cilicia, in southern Turkey, also known as the Sarus, flowing to the Mediterranean Sea.


Usk

From Middle Welsh Wÿsk (modern Welsh Wysg), from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Axe.

A river in Powys and Monmouthshire, Wales, that empties into the Severn at Newport.


Aan

A small river in Southland, South Island, New Zealand, flowing into the Foveaux Strait.


Tongariro

A river in the North Island, New Zealand, which flows into Lake Taupo.


Anning

THE second day after leaving Hui-li-chou we entered the valley of the Anning Ho, a grey, fast-flowing stream whose course runs parallel with the meridian like all the others of that interesting group of rivers between Assam and eastern Szechuan, the Irrawaddy, the Sal ween, the Mekong, the Yangtse, the Yalung. The Anning, the smallest of these, lies enclosed in a wilderness of tangled ranges, and its valley forms the shortest trade route between Szechuan and the Indo-Chinese peninsula.

1913, Elizabeth Kendall, “The Chien-ch'ang”, in A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a Trip Across West China and Mongolia, Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 71:


Salmon River

Many of the rivers are named for the presence of salmon.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A number of rivers and communities in Canada:

A tributary of the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.

A tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A river in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A small river in Langley district municipality, British Columbia.

A tributary of Shuswap Lake, in the Shuswap region, British Columbia.

A river on Moresby Island, in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia.

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

A river and unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

A number of rivers in the United States:

A tributary of the Klamath River, in western Siskiyou County, California.

A tributary of the Connecticut River in Connecticut.

A long tributary of the Snake River in Idaho, at 425 miles the longest river of this name in the United States.

A tributary of Lake Ontario, in upstate New York.

A small tributary of Lake Champlain, in far northern New York, south of Plattsburgh.

Clackamas County
Clackamas County#English

A tributary of the Sandy River in Clackamas County, Oregon.

A coastal river mostly in Lincoln County, Oregon.

A tributary of the Queets River in Washington.


Carioca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.

etymon

The Carioca River, a river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.


Enns

A river in Austria, a southern tributary of the Danube.


Conon

A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Cromarty Firth.


Blackwater

The principal water-barrier of this type is the muddy estuary of the tidal River Blackwater, which is last bridged in the seaward direction at the ancient town of Maldon. […] In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.

1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 838, 839:

A river in Essex, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.

A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.

A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, which joins the River Test.

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A river in County Fermanagh and County Armagh, Northern Ireland, with a stretch on the border with County Monaghan, Ireland; the river flows into Lough Neagh.


Swale

From Old English *swalwe (“rushing water”), which could be related to swealwe. Also compare the proper noun Swallow.

A river, a tributary of the Ure in North Yorkshire, England.


Coldwater

A river in British Columbia, Canada, the Coldwater River.

The name of various rivers in the United States and Ontario, Canada; see Coldwater River.


Oconee

From Mikasuki okvni (“born from water”).

A river (the Oconee River) in Georgia, United States.


Waitaki

A major river in the Canterbury and Otago regions, in the South Island of New Zealand.


Manawatu

A river in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea.


Hackensack

From Unami ahkinkèshaki (“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”).

bor

A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.


Green River

The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.

The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains.

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 17:

If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado.

1968, Edward Abbey, “Terra Incognita: Into the Maze”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 259:

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 tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.


Eagle River

A number of rivers in Canada and the United States, including Alaska.


Windrush

Domesday Book
HMT Empire Windrush
West Indies
Windrush

First attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Wenric, from Old Welsh gwynn (“white”) + reisko (“fen”).
More recent senses derive from the ship HMT Empire Windrush, named after the River Windrush. The arrival of 802 immigrants to the UK from the West Indies onboard the Empire Windrush in 1948 is seen as symbolic of the beginning of mass immigration from the Caribbean to the UK.
The Windrush line was named for its running through several parts of London with large British Caribbean population.

A river in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, a tributary of the Thames.


Hood River

A river in Nunavut, Canada, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.

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


Atascosa

An unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, United States.


Walla Walla

/ˌwɒlə ˈwɒlə/

The Walla Walla River, a tributary of the Columbia River in Washington, United States.


Rolling Fork

A river in Arkansas, United States, a tributary of the Little River (Red River tributary).

A river in Kentucky, United States, a tributary of the Salt River (Kentucky).


Yazoo

From the French name Rivière des Yazous, which was named after the Yazoo people.

The Yazoo River, a river in Mississippi, United States.


Saluda

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A small city in Polk County and Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

A town, the county seat of Saluda County, South Carolina, United States.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A census-designated place, the county seat of Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.


Obion

A town in Obion County, Tennessee, United States.


Sequatchie

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

An unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee, United States.


Indian River

A river in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.

A river in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A river in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.

A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

A river in Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A river in Renfrew County and Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

Alexander Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago#English

A river in the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States.

A river and estuary in Sussex County, in southern Delaware, United States.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A river in Washington County, Maine, United States.

Manistique River
Manistique River#English

A tributary of the Manistique River, on the Upper Peninsula, Michigan, United States.

Cheboygan County
Cheboygan County#English

A river in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States.

A river in western New Hampshire, United States.

Oswegatchie River
Oswegatchie River#English

A tributary of the Oswegatchie River, in far northern New York, United States.

A tributary of the Hudson River in Hamilton County and Essex County, New York, United States.

A tributary of the Moose River in Hamilton County and Herkimer County, New York, United States.

West Canada Creek
West Canada Creek#English

A tributary of the West Canada Creek in Herkimer County, New York, United States.

A tributary of the Big Sioux River in South Dakota, United States.

A river within the city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.


Suwannee

An unincorporated community in Dixie County, Florida, United States.


Wakulla

A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.


White River

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A tributary of the Salmon River, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

A tributary of the Nass River, British Columbia, Canada.

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River#English

A tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.

A tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada; it is about 200 miles long.

A tributary of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.

A tributary of the Waimakariri River, in the Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.

A tributary of the Salt River in Arizona, United States; it is 16 miles long.

Mississippi River
Mississippi River#English

A major tributary of the Mississippi River in Arkansas and Missouri, United States; it is 722 miles long.

San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley#English

A small river in Tulare County, in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. It is 50.7 miles long and dries up as it nears Kern County.

A major tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana, United States; it is 362 miles long and has two forks.

A tributary of White Lake in Michigan, United States; it is 23.6 miles long.

A tributary of Lake Huron, in southern Huron County, Michigan, United States; it is 12.1 miles long.

A small river in southeastern Nevada, United States. It is 138 miles long but dry in several portions.

A tributary of the Deschutes River in Oregon, United States; it is about 50 miles long.

A long tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska and South Dakota, United States; it is 580 miles long.

An intermittent stream, a tributary of the Brazos River in the South Plains of Texas, United States; it is 62 miles long.

A tributary of the Green River in Colorado and Utah, United States; it is 195 miles long.

A tributary of the Price River in Utah, United States.

A tributary of the Connecticut River in Vermont, United States; it is 60.1 miles long.

A tributary of the Puyallup River in Washington, United States; it is about 75 miles long.

A tributary of Lake Wenatchee in Washington, United States; it is 32 miles long.

A tributary of the Fox River in Wisconsin, United States; it is about 19 miles long.


Clun

A river in Shropshire and Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Teme.

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A river, the Afon Clun in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales, which joins the Ely River.


Dovey

A river in Wales, flowing about 37 km from Aran Fawddwy to Aberdyfi.


Vyrnwy

A river in Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, flowing about 40 miles from Lake Vyrnwy in Powys before joining the Severn near Melverley in Shropshire.


Ogmore

A river in Bridgend borough county borough, southern Wales, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Ogmore-by-Sea.


Loughor

A river in Carmarthenshire, and the city and county of Swansea, southern Wales.


Musselshell

census-designated place
census-designated place

Musselshell County
Musselshell County#English

A census-designated place in Musselshell County, Montana, which is near the river.


Powder River

A river in Wyoming and Montana, USA, which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River.

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


Watauga

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Kentucky, United States.

An unincorporated community in Corson County, South Dakota, United States.

A small city in Carter County and Washington County, Tennessee, United States.

A city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.


Washita

A river in Texas and Oklahoma, United States, the Washita River, which flows into Lake Texoma on the Red River.


Montmorency

A former municipality of Quebec, Canada, now part of Quebec City.

(with the) The Montmorency River in Quebec, which flows into the Saint Lawrence River.

Whiteside County
Whiteside County#English

A township in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States.

Montmorency County
Montmorency County#English

A township in Montmorency County, Michigan, United States.


Chattahoochee

From Creek chato (“rock”) + huchi (“marked, painted”).

A city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.


Chattooga

the Chattooga River in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, USA.


Clinch

A river in Virginia and Tennessee, United States, a tributary of the Tennessee River, named after an 18th century explorer.


Campaspe

A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.

A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.


IJssel

A river in Gelderland province and Overijssel province, Netherlands, which flows from the Rhine and discharges into the IJsselmeer.


Cagayan

/kɑːɡəˈjɑːn/

From Spanish Cagayán, from various obsolete words for "river" in Philippine languages.

A river in northeastern Luzon, Philippines.


Chubut

Borrowed from Spanish Chubut, from Tehuelche chupat (“transparent”).

A river in Argentina that flows through Patagonia and drains into the Atlantic Ocean.


Río Negro

Borrowed from Spanish Río Negro (literally “black river”).

bor+

A river in Uruguay, which joins the Uruguay River.


Save

“I am from the Save River. But I married. To a man from afar, Phiri, from Malawi.”

2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 232:

A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.

A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.


Ythan

According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).

cog

The bridge over the Ythan at Ellon. The smaller arch at the south end was added after the abutment had collapsed

1956 January, H. A. Vallance, “Northwards from Aberdeen”, in Railway Magazine, page 14, image caption:

A river in Aberdeenshire council area, north-eastern Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.


Evenlode

A river with its source in Gloucestershire, England, which flows into the River Thames in Oxfordshire.


Foyle

From Irish Feabhal, from Middle Irish Febal.

A river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry) and into Lough Foyle and the Atlantic Ocean.


Hypasis

From Latin Hypasis, itself from Ancient Greek Ὕφασις (Húphasis), ultimately from Sanskrit विपाश् (vipāś).


Nith

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

The River Nith, a river in south-west Scotland, mainly in Dumfries and Galloway council area.

The Nith River in south-western Ontario, Canada


Tean

A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove (in Staffordshire/Derbyshire).


Sydenham

en-proper noun

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.


Mississippi River

From Mississippi + river.
From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.

(US) The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).


Mississippi River

A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Ottawa River.


Hyndburn

Two minor rivers in Lancashire, the River Hyndburn which joins the Hyndburn Brook before flowing into the River Calder.


Adur

A river in West Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.


Jhelum

Borrowed from Urdu جھیلم (jhelam), a dated form of جِہْلَم (jihlam).

Jailam (alternative)
Jelum (alternative)
Jhilam (alternative)
Jilam (alternative)
Jélam (alternative)

A river in northern India and eastern Pakistan, a tributary of the Indus.