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River is any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks - George Harry Dury, Department of Geography, University of Sydney. River, any body of fresh water flowing from an upland source to a large lake or to the sea, fed by such sources as springs and tributary streams. The main parts of a river include a channel, in which the water flows, and a floodplain a flat region of a valley on either side of the channel. Leal A. K. Mertes California University. Microsoft Encarta

River is a large, natural stream of water that flows overland within a channel. Most rivers begin in mountains or hills. A river ends where it flows into another river, desert basin, ocean, or lake. -David S. McArthur, Ph.D., Professor of Geography, San Diego State University.

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large or small, and a river is a large stream -Marie Morisawa(Streams).

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