Phrase Hound found 452 phrases and 110 compound words that contain river. The most common are listed below. Open river in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 452
- up the riverTo prison.
- Yellow RiverThe chief river of the North China Plain, the second-longest river in China and sixth-longest river system on Earth, historically prone to massive floods which repeatedly drastically changed its course; it passes through Qinghai, Sichuan …
- river basinAn extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.
- Red RiverVarious rivers around the world
- river godThe tutelary deity of a river.
- Green RiverThe name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.
- Black RiverOne of the longest rivers in Jamaica; it is 33.2 miles long.
- Blue RiverA tributary of the Colorado River, Colorado, United States.
- East RiverA channel in New York City, New York Harbor, at the narrow end of Long Island Sound, separating Manhattan, from Long Island.
- Colorado RiverA major river in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, United States and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.
- pass the riverTo die.
- Orange RiverThe longest river in South Africa.
- Little RiverThe name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:
- Peace RiverA river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.
- cross-riverThat spans or crosses over or under a river.
- Pearl RiverA major river in southern China.
- crossing the riverpresent participle and gerund of cross the river
- passing the riverpresent participle and gerund of pass the river
- Kansas RiverA river in Kansas, United States, which joins the Missouri River at Kansas City.
- Ohio RiverA major river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- River PlateA river in South America.
- cross the riverSynonym of pass the river (to die)
- Saint Lawrence RiverA large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- Wind RiverA river in the Yukon, Canada.
- river-waterAlternative form of river water.
Compound words 110
- riversideA bank or side of a river.
- riverbedThe path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.
- riverboatA watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
- riverfrontThe real estate located along the banks of a river.
- riverbendA knee or meander in a river.
- RivertonA small town in South Australia.
- RiverdaleA neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- riverwalkA pedestrian street or pathway alongside a river, providing a space for outdoor activity.
- RayneA surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
- RiverheadA village and civil parish near Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5156).