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river

noun as in waterway

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After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take refuge in Lebanon.

The river runs north to Lake Edward, one of Africa's great lakes, where more dead animals have been reported locally.

From BBC

This has been widely described in the national press as a move to the city of Sacramento, California’s capital, which is across the river from West Sacramento and in a different county.

The Metropolitan Police has warned Londoners of the dangers of going into rivers and lakes after a recent rise in fatal incidents.

From BBC

Kings Canyon National Park is only a five-hour drive from Los Angeles and boasts a glacier-carved valley, a roaring river, hulking granite mountains, massive ancient trees and countless waterfalls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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