"river water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: river waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} river water (countable and uncountable, plural river waters)
  1. Water in or taken from a river. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: riverwater, river-water Translations (water in or from a river): rivierwater [neuter] (Dutch), Flusswasser [neuter] (German), folyóvíz (Hungarian), elvevann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-river_water-en-noun-HGJJDmsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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