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RIVERS

"RIVERS" is a plural of: river.

Date "RIVERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: RIVERS

DomainDefinition

Business

A white. . . irregular streak or area running through several lines of close-set printed matter and caused by a series of wide spaces that appear to form a continuous line - called also channel, gutter , staircase. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Rivers Miles in length.
2,578, the Nile, the longest river in Africa.
2,762, the Volga, the longest river in Europe.
3,314, the Yang-tze-Kiang, the longest river in Asia.
3,716, the Mississippi, the longest river in America. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Alphabetical list of Quebec Rivers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rivers (Rivieres)

Mille-Iles
Nord (Montreal)
Outardes
Saint Lawrence River

Creeks

to be continued...

See also, Alphabetical list of rivers in Canada, List of rivers in Canada, Rivers of the Americas

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alphabetical list of Quebec Rivers."

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List of Albanian rivers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This is a list of Albanian rivers. The names are in the Albanian definite form and therefore other variants for the names exist.

See also

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List of Northwest Territories rivers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Following is a list of rivers and creekss that are situated in the Northwest Territories

Alphabetical List:

Mackenzie River

See Also, List of rivers in Canada

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List of Prince Edward Island rivers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

These are a list of rivers, tributaries and creeks that situate on the island of Prince Edward Island.

Alphabetical List

See also List of rivers in Canada

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Prince Edward Island rivers."

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List of Quebec rivers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Here is a list of rivers in Quebec.

partial list

See List of rivers in Canada.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Quebec rivers."

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List of rivers of Europe

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

These are the main rivers of Europe (ecologically, the extreme west of the Palearctic ecozone - which includes Russia in the east). See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. The more to the top a river's name is, the more close the river is to the sea. The top level is sorted alphabetically. For each river the city where the river meets is named.

Atlantic Ocean

Baltic Sea

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

North Sea

The Channel

Not yet sorted

See also: See also: *Rivers of Asia, Rivers of Africa, Rivers of the Americas

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of rivers of Europe."

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River

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A river is a large natural waterway. Passage via a river or stream is the usual way rainfall on land finds its way to the ocean or other large body of water such as a lake. A river consists of several basic parts, originating from headwaters that flow into the main stream. Smaller side streams that join the river are tributaries. Water flow is normally confined to a channel, with a bottom or bed between banks. The lower end of a river is its mouth.

Topography

A river conducts water by constantly flowing perpendicular to the elevation curve of its bed, thereby converting the positional energy of the water into kinetic energy. Where a river flows over relatively flat areas, the river will meander: start to form loops and snake through the plain by eroding the river banks. Loops that are formed are sometimes cut off, forming a shorter river channel and leaving a remnant, oxbow lake. Rivers that carry large amounts of sediment develop conspicuous deltass at their mouths. Rivers whose mouths are in saline tidal waters may form estuaries.

Where a river descends quickly over sloped topography, rapids with whitewater or even waterfallss occur. Rapids are often used for recreational purposes (see Whitewater canoeing and kayaking). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via watermills and hydroelectric plants.

Rivers begin at their source in higher ground, either rising from a spring, forming from glacial meltwater, flowing from a body of water such as a lake, or simply from damp, boggy places where the soil is waterlogged. They end at their sink where they flow into a larger body of water, the sea, a lake, or as a tributary to another (usually larger) river. In arid areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to evaporation and percolation into dry, porous material such as sand, soil, or pervious rock.

See also

Biology

The flora and fauna of rivers are much different from those of the ocean because the water is sweet (non-salty). Living things in a river must be adapted to the current of the moving water.

Pollution

Human pollution of rivers is common, and very few rivers in the world today are clean of man-made substances. The most common pollutant is sewage piped into rivers, but chemical pollution is also common, and industrial accidents (and/or negligence) account for much of the destructon of riparian biomes. Heat dumped into rivers by power plants and factories also affects river life.

Dams

In places where the elevation changes of a river are great, dams for hydroelectric plants and other purposes are often built. This disrupts the natural flow of the river, and creates a lake behind the dam. Often the building of dams affects the whole of the river, even the part above the dam, as migrating fish are hindered and waterflow is no longer bounded by seasonal changes. One very famous, and problematic, dam is the Aswan High Dam in the Nile.

Flooding

Flooding is a natural part of a river's cycles. Human activity, however, has upset the natural way flooding occurs by walling off rivers and straightening their courses. Removal of bogs, swamps and other wetlands in order to produce farmland has reduced the absorption zones for excess water and made floods into sudden disasters rather than gradual increases in water flow. In ancient Egypt, life was made possible through the floods of the Nile and the accompanying silt and sediment which enriched the fields with fresh nutrients. Nowadays, floods are disasters, causing untold property loss each year.

Transport

Management

In its natural state a river may be inconvenient to man in a variety of ways. Rivers in inhabited areas have therefore been managed or controlled to make them more useful and less disruptive to human activity.

River management is an ongoing activity as rivers tend to 'undo' the modifications made by man. Dredged channels silt up, sluice mechanisms deteriorate with age, levees and dams may suffer seepage or catastrophic failure.

River lists

The world's ten longest rivers:

Well-known rivers (in alphabetic order):

See also

Fiction

Fictional rivers

Other fiction

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Synonyms: RIVERS

Synonyms: Estuaries, Streams. (additional references)
Synonym by domain: guttered (business, publishing & graphic arts).

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Crosswords: RIVERS

Specialty definitions using "RIVERS": AERIAL-PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETER, alligator, alluvial clay, alluvial tin, American States, anadromous fish, Audhumla, Australian kino ♦ BADGERS, Birds, Bottom Land Hardwoods, Bureau of Reclamation, BYRON ♦ calculated area, Castaly, classical washout, Clean Water Act, continental alluvium, cubic feet per second ♦ Direct Runoff, Drac, DREDGE CAPTAIN, DREDGE MATE, dredge operator, dredge pumper, dredge runner, dredgemaster ♦ EDITOR, MAP, Esturine waters, evapotranspiration ♦ Fahfah, FAILURE, Father Thames, Female, FIELD-MAP EDITOR, filling up with alluvium, fish hatchery assistant, fish hatchery attendant, FISH HATCHERY WORKER, Flood Potential Outlook, Frazil Ice ♦ geographic information system ♦ HSA, hydrologic cycle, Hydrologic Service Area ♦ interfluve ♦ Kabibonokka ♦ Leth'e, longbeak eucalyptus, lotic waters ♦ meteoric water, model analysis, MONTRICHARDIA ARBORESCENS, Mysteries of Woods and Rivers ♦ Naiads, natural purification, natural self-purification ♦ once-through cooling, outwash ♦ Pfiesteria piscicida, Pharpar, polychlorinated biphenyls, POWERED BRIDGE SPECIALIST ♦ radioactive mineral, RECONNAISSANCE CREWMEMBER, Riparian Habitat, Rivals, River, river mining, river pebble, river-bar placer, Rivers of Babylon, Rivers of Damascus, Rivers of Judah, Runoff, direct, Runs ♦ scout prospecting, Sediments, self-purification, self-treatment, sheltered waters, silting up, Site Specific Hydrologic Prediction System, Soundings, Spring Melt/Thaw, submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds, Surface water, SURVEYOR, MARINE ♦ Technology-Based Limitations, Thermus, TUGBOAT CAPTAIN, turbidites ♦ U.S. Geological Survey ♦ Water Pollutants, Chemical, waterworn stone. (references)

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Modern Usage: RIVERS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I heard Dick Rivers caught the two of you bowled up and going at it in the same room with poor Miss Ogletree dead as a doornail laid out on a gurney (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea is asleep and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Fires and brimstone coming down from the sky, rivers and seas boiling-- (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

We must cross rivers, we must climb mountains (King Solomon's Mines; writing credit: H. Rider Haggard; Gene Quintano)

It is despots and tryants who run our rivers red with the colors of a hundred trampled flags that unfurl in the winds of liberty, blowing over centuries of deprivation (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Lyrics

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down (Rivers Of Babylon; performing artist: Boney M)

Lonely rivers sigh, Wait for me, wait for me ("Unchained Melody"; performing artist: Al Hibbler)

The mountains and the rivers (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet)

You say you've cried a thousand rivers (I'll Be There For You; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

I fear rivers over flowing (BAD MOON RISING; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Movie/TV Titles

Rivers of Sand (1974)

Manitoba Rivers (1972)

High in the Wind Rivers (1971)

The Joan Rivers Show (1969)

Rivers of Fire and Ice (1968)

Song Titles

Memphis (performing artist: Johnny Rivers)

Poor Side Of Town (performing artist: Johnny Rivers)

Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flue (performing artist: Johnny Rivers)

Secret Agent Man (performing artist: Johnny Rivers)

Seventh Son (performing artist: Johnny Rivers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: RIVERS

DomainTitle

References

  • Six Rivers National Bank: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Three Rivers Financial Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Major Rivers and Reservoirs Clean-Up Projects in South Korea: A Strategic Entry Report, 1999 (reference)

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Books

  • Rivers of Change: Essays on Early Agriculture in Eastern North America (reference)

  • Rivers of Gold: Designing Markets to Allocate Water in California (reference)

  • Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers (reference)

  • The Variability of Large Alluvial Rivers (reference)

  • Dam the Rivers, Damn the People: Development and Resistance in Amazonian Brazil (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Orvis Hooked On Fly Fishing, OSJ Dolores & San Juan Rivers in Co, NM (reference)

  • Great American Trout Streams, Season III: Northeast Rivers (reference)

  • The Crimson Rivers (reference)

  • Fly Fishing Video Magazine Vol.37 Montana's Balckfoot & Clark Fork Rivers (reference)

  • Where the Rivers Flow North (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: RIVERS

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Photo Album: RIVERS

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Cholera is caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium that lives among zooplankton in brackish waters, and in estuaries where rivers meet the sea. It infects humans through ingestion of such contaminated water. Credit: CDC.

Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa. Complex patterns can be seen in the shallow waters along its coastline, where silt carried by the Geba and other rivers washes out into the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA.

The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife. Credit: NASA.

North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Aerial view of Thousand-acre Ricefield on the Belle W. Baruch Foundation's property, Hobcaw Barony. Winyah Bay in foreground, North Inlet and Atlantic Ocean in background. During 1800's many rice plantations lined the rivers that flow into Winyah Bay and Georgetown was nation's largest rice exporter. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 23. Current meter invented by Jacob Amsler-Laffon about 1876. This instrument was devised to measure the currents of streams and rivers. It was an application of Woltman's electrical turnstile method of measuring the current. The first use of this instrument was in the Rhine River near Schaffhouse in 1876 . 278 measurements were made at 26 stations at 6 meters depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

W.I.N.G.S. (Wildlife Incentives for Non-game and Game Species) is a private conservation grant program funded by the Georgia Power Company and administered by Two Rivers RC&D Council. Credit: Dot Paul.

South Fork of the Holston Riveris one of the 10 Heritage rivers in the US. NRCS worked with local farmers and other agencies in providing buffers, fencing for livestock, roational grazing, tree planting and recreational opportunities under a cooperative. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Agricultural Research Service scientists are looking hard at possible links between agricultural practices and problems in marine environments such as the Chesapeake Bay. Many rivers empty into this 200-mile-long inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Sign at contourBoise FrontOHVOff Highway VehiclesFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown.

ScenicSouth Fork of Boise RiverFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Barry Rose.

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Familiar Quotations: RIVERS

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers.
It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

Joan Rivers

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

John Dryden

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

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Historic Usage: RIVERS

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, steam-navigation, railways, electric telegraphs, clearing of whole continents for cultivation, canalisation of rivers, whole populations conjured out of the ground -- what earlier century had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labour? We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on whose foundation the bourgeoisie built itself up, were generated in feudal society. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

No dues of any kind other than those provided for in the present Part shall be levied along the course or at the mouth of these rivers. (reference)

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Use in Literature: RIVERS

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There is no backward flow of ideas more than of rivers.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

RIVERS.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Such are the sources of rivers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: RIVERS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Do not drink water directly from lakes, rivers, streams, or springs. (references)

When swimming in lakes, rivers, or pools, and when using hot tubs, avoid swallowing water. (references)

The cholera bacterium may also live in the environment in brackish rivers and coastal waters. (references)

Business

The principal idea is to increase the water capacity and to protect the rivers. (references)

These two rivers link the port of Buenos Aires with other ports in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. (references)

Argentina has a vast coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and several thousand miles of navigable rivers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

Lack of roads and airstrips, and insecurity along the Congo and Ubangui rivers, complicated humanitarian access to these refugees. (references)

Moldova

The Bessarabian Orthodox Church considers itself to be the legal and canonical successor to the pre-World War II Romanian Orthodox Church in Bessarabia (a historical and geographical designation generally applied to the area bounded by the Danube, Nistru, and Prut Rivers, and the Black Sea). (references)

Nigeria

In October the police banned for security reasons a PDP rally scheduled to take place in Sokoto on October 4 and 5. In December in Rivers State, police dispersed a rally of the National Youth Council of Ogoni People because the group reportedly had not received authorization to hold the demonstration. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

Eritrea has no year-round rivers. (references)

Benin

Some forests line the banks of rivers. (references)

Sudan

Khartoum is situated at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers. (references)

Human Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

On December 31, 2000, police shot and killed Ezekiel "Zulu" Alexander during a chase in South Rivers. (references)

Nigeria

On August 19, unknown assailants shot and killed Rivers State Assemblyman Monday Ndor outside his residence. (references)

Congo

The bodies of many persons killed in the war were burned, dumped in rivers, or buried in mass graves that remain unopened. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The judgement further recognized that forests, rivers, and streams adjacent to indigenous communities also are included under native customary rights. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

Other ethnic minorities, particularly in Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom states, have echoed the Ogoni ethnic group's claims of environmental degradation and government indifference to their development in the Delta. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Located on the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the rivers Danube, Yuzhniy Bug and Dnieper, they are currently under the authority of the Ministry of Transportation's Department of Sea and River Transport. (references)

Travel

Chad

There are two single lane bridges crossing the Chari and Logone Rivers between N'Djamena and Kousseri in Cameroon but the construction of a two-way Chari River bridge is underway. (references)

Women

Nigeria

In 2000 Edo, Ogun, Cross River, Osun, Rivers, and Bayelsa States banned FGM. In Edo State, the punishment is a $10 (1,000 naira) fine and 6 months' imprisonment. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

An EPZ remains under development in Calabar, Cross River State, and a second EPZ is planned for Port Harcourt, Rivers State. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: RIVERS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809In this purchase has been also comprehended a part of the lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers.

James Monroe

1817-1825Since then new territory has been acquired of vast extent, comprising within it many rivers, particularly the Mississippi, the navigation of which to the ocean was of the highest importance to the original States.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829On surveys of a route for a canal to connect the waters of James and Great Kenhawa rivers.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837I allude to such as have for their object the improvement of our harbors, the removal of partial and temporary obstructions in our navigable rivers, for the facility and security of our foreign commerce.

James Buchanan

1857-1861This trade is conducted on railroads and canals, on noble rivers and arms of the sea, which bind together the North and the South, the East and the West, of our Confederacy.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953The rivers of America offer a great opportunity to our generation in the management of the national wealth.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Commerce crowds our rivers and rails, our skies, harbors, and highways.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Of all the reckless devastations of our national heritage, none is really more shameful than the continued poisoning of our rivers and our air.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Now we must be as vigilant with our rivers as we are with our lands.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: RIVERS

"RIVERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.19% of the time. "RIVERS" is used about 2,317 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (plural)92.19%2,1364,079
Noun (proper)7.81%18122,953
                    Total100.00%2,317N/A

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Name Usage Frequency: RIVERS

The following table summarizes the usage of "RIVERS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
RiversLast name17,000701
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Derived & Related Names: RIVERS

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "RIVERS".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
MesopotamiaN/ABiblical

Between two rivers

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: RIVERS

CountryName
USA

Six Rivers National Bank

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: RIVERS

Expressions using "RIVERS": American Rivers ♦ Grand Rivers ♦ rivers of Babylon ♦ rivers of Damascus ♦ rivers of Judah ♦ Three Rivers ♦ Twin Rivers ♦ Two Rivers. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "RIVERS": Pitt-rivers.

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Modern Translation: RIVERS

Language Translations for "RIVERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

organiske kemikalier som de chlorerede carbonhydrider(hvortil bl.a.DDT hoerer)nedbrydes kun langsomt biologisk og foerer til en hoejere forureningsgrad af spildevand (for example ) can only slowly decompose biologically and result in a high waste water content in rivers, organic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons ( one of which is DDT). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

organische chemicaliën, zoals gechloreerde koolwaterstoffen, waartoe bijvoorbeeld DDT behoort, zijn slechts langzaam bio-afbreekbaar en leiden tot een hogere verontreinigingsgraad van het afvalwater (for example ) can only slowly decompose biologically and result in a high waste water content in rivers, organic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons ( one of which is DDT), Digitaal Topografisch Bestand Rivieren (Digital Topographical Database for Rivers), Algemeen Reglement van politie voor rivieren en Rijkskanalen (General Police Regulations governing Rivers and State-owned Canals). (various references)

   

French

  

lézarde (river), cheminée (river). (various references)

   

German

  

Flüsse. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οργανικές χημικές ενώσεις όπως χλωριωμένοι υδρογονάνθρακες(στους οποίους ανήκει π.χ.το DDT)μπορούν βιολογικά να αποικοδομηθούν μόνο με αργ (for example ) can only slowly decompose biologically and result in a high waste water content in rivers, organic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons ( one of which is DDT). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vérözön (rivers of blood), magyarország vízhálózata (rivers of Hungary), magyarország folyói (rivers of Hungary), lávafolyam (rivers of lava). (various references)

   

Italian

  

si puo' suddividere l'habitat di acqua dolce in due tipi fondamentali: lenitico ( laghi, stagni, paludi ), lotico ( sorgenti, acque correnti ) (bogs ) and a lotic or channel series ( rivers, brooks and groundwater ), fresh-water habitats may be divided into two basic types or series: a lenitic or basin series ( lakes, ponds, reservoirs, streams). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

河川 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かせ" (aerial wiring, fire arrow, firing line, great poet, oligopoly, river boat, spiral line, synthetic fibres, underline, underscore). (various references)

   

Manx

  

awinagh (abounding in rivers, fluvial, river dweller). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iversray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

os produtos químicos orgânicos tais como os hidrocarbonetos clorados(de que faz parte,por exemplo,o DDT)só são lentamente dio-degradáveis e provocam uma poluição elevada nas águas residuais (for example ) can only slowly decompose biologically and result in a high waste water content in rivers, organic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons ( one of which is DDT). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

los productos químicos orgánicos tales como los organoclorados (de los que uno es el DDT, por ejemplo) son biodegradables sólo lentamente y dan lugar a una carga elevada de contaminación de las aguas residuales (for example ) can only slowly decompose biologically and result in a high waste water content in rivers, organic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons ( one of which is DDT). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: RIVERS

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 7, Verse 38
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO pisteuwn eiV eme kaqwV eipen h grafh potamoi ek thV koiliaV autou reusousin udatoV zwntoV
Latin405VulgateQui credit in me sicut dixit scriptura flumina de ventre eius fluent aquae vivae
Old English990West SaxonSe þe ge-lyfd on me swa þæt ge-writcwæð. libbendes wæteres flod floweð of hysinnoðe.
Middle English1395WyclifHe that bileueth in me, as the scripture seith, Floodis of quyk watir schulen flowe fro his wombe.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHe that beleveth on me as sayeth the scripture out of his belly shall flowe ryvers of water of lyfe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Basic English1964OgdenHe who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

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Matched Bible Translations: RIVERS

LanguageJohn Chapter 7, Verse 38
CebuanoSa mosalig kanako, sumala sa giingon sa kasulatan, `Gikan sa iyang kasingkasing modagayday ang mga sapa sa tubig nga buhi.`"
Croatiankoji vjeruje u mene! Kao što reèe Pismo: 'Rijeke æe žive vode poteæi iz njegove utrobe!'"
DanishDen, som tror på mig, af hans Liv skal der, som Skriften har sagt, flyde levende Vandstrømme:"
DutchDie in Mij gelooft, gelijkerwijs de Schrift zegt, stromen des levenden waters zullen uit zijn buik vloeien.
FinnishJoka uskoo minuun, hänen sisimmästään on, niinkuin Raamattu sanoo, juokseva elävän veden virrat."
FrenchCelui qui croit en moi, des fleuves d`eau vive couleront de son sein, comme dit l`Écriture.
GermanWer an mich glaubt, wie die Schrift sagt, von des Leibe werden Ströme des lebendigen Wassers fließen.
Haitian CreoleMoun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, y'ap wè gwo kouran dlo k'ap bay lavi koule soti nan kè yo, jan sa ekri nan Liv la.
HungarianA ki hisz én bennem, a mint az írás mondotta, élõ víznek folyamai ömlenek annak belsejébõl.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMengenai orang yang percaya kepada-Ku, tertulis dalam Alkitab: 'Dari dalam hatinya mengalirlah aliran-aliran air yang memberi hidup.'"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBarangsiapa yang percaya akan Daku, seperti yang tersebut di dalam Alkitab, dari dalamnya itu akan mengalir beberapa sungai air hidup."
Italianchi crede in me; come dice la Scrittura: fiumi di acqua viva sgorgheranno dal suo seno».
MaoriKi te whakapono tetahi ki ahau, ka rite ki ta te karaipiture, ka rere mai nga wai ora i roto i tona kopu.
NorwegianDen som tror på mig, av hans liv skal det, som Skriften har sagt, rinne strømmer av levende vann.
PortugueseQuem crê em mim, como diz a Escritura, do seu interior correrão rios de água viva.   
RumanianCine crede kn Mine, din inima lui vor curge rkuri de apq vie, cum zice Scriptura.``
RussianлФП ЧЕТХЕФ Ч нЕОС, Х ФПЗП, ЛБЛ УЛБЪБОП Ч рЙУБОЙЙ, ЙЪ ЮТЕЧБ ПФЕЛХФ ТЕЛЙ ЧП"Щ ЦЙЧПК.
ShuarWinia Enentáimturna nuka ni Enentáiya entsa wa aintsan yamaram iwiaakman Súana Nú entsa jiinkittiawai."
SpanishEl que cree en mí, como dice la Escritura, ríos de agua viva correrán de su interior.
SwahiliKama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: `Anayeniamini mimi, mito ya maji yenye uzima itatiririka kutoka moyoni mwake!"`
SwedishDen som tror på mig, av hans innersta skola strömmar av levande vatten* flyta fram, såsom skriften säger."
UmaHewa to te'uki' hi rala Buku Tomoroli': hema to mepangala' hi Aku', ngkai nono-ra mo'ili wori' ue to tuwu'."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: RIVERS

Derivations

Words beginning with "RIVERS": riverside, riversides. (additional references)

Words ending with "RIVERS": arrivers, cabdrivers, codrivers, contrivers, deprivers, derivers, drivers, nondrivers, screwdrivers, shrivers, strivers, thrivers, uprivers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"RIVERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aivers, jivers, reavers, reivers, reveers, riers, rigers, riker, rikers, rimers, rivels, rivens, rivera, rivere, Riverso, Rivieres, rivums, Roveres. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "RIVERS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "RIVERS" (pronounced ri"verz)
4-i" v er zdelivers, givers, livers, shivers, slivers.
3-v er zachievers, avers, beavers, believers, bolivars, cabdrivers, cadavers, caregivers, carvers, cavers, changeovers, covers, discovers, dissolvers, divers, drivers, elvers, endeavors, favors, fevers, flavors, grievers, hangovers, holdovers, hovers, Lavers, layovers, leftovers, levers, lifesavers, lovers, maneuvers, movers, nonbelievers, observers, overs, plovers, preservers, receivers, recovers, relievers, retrievers, revolvers, rollovers, savers, savors, screwdrivers, servers, severs, shavers, Silvers, solvers, stivers, stopovers, survivors, takeovers, turnovers, uncovers, underachievers, waivers, weavers, woodcarvers.

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Anagrams: RIVERS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-r-r-s-v"

-1 letter: riser, river, rives, siver, viers, vires.

-2 letters: errs, ires, reis, revs, rise, rive, sire, vier, vies, vise.

-3 letters: err, ers, ire, rei, res, rev, sei, ser, sir, sri, vie, vis.

-4 letters: er, es, is, re, si.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-r-r-s-v"
 

+1 letter: arrives, drivers, reivers, reviser, revisor, rievers, shriver, striver, variers.

 

+2 letters: arrivers, breviers, derivers, grievers, overstir, previsor, ravisher, redrives, reo</