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River definition

River means a flowing body of water or a portion or tributary of a flowing body of water, including streams, creeks, or impoundments and small lakes thereon.
River means the full length and width, including the bed and banks, of any watercourse, including rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, and branches which experience perennial flow. “River” does not mean constructed drainageways, including water bars, swales, and roadside ditches.
River means a body of inland water flowing for the most part on the surface of the land but which may flow underground for part of its course.

Examples of River in a sentence

  • The SPCA serves the community defined by Victoria St. N., the Grand River, Idlewood Creek, Fairway Rd. North, Xxxxxxx Blvd, Daimler Dr., Old Chicopee to River Rd., NW boundary of Idlewood Park and Woodland Cemetery, Xxxxx St. East, and the Conestoga Parkway.

  • The United States holds a water right in the Musselshell River from the point furthest upstream where the mainstem river channel enters U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service owned land within the Refuge (near the SESE of section 11, T.18N, R.29E) to its confluence with Ft. Xxxx Lake as described in the Abstract attached to this Compact as Appendix 2.

  • Stakeholders: group 1) Local management board for the Fusta River (FUSAM forvaltningslag), Vefsn Hunting and Fishing Association, Vefsn municipality; group 2) NGO for anadromous river managers (Norske Lakseelver); group 3) County Governor of Nordland, Norwegian Environment Agency, Ministry of Climate and Environment; group 4) Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

  • Musselshell River flows that are not already appropriated as of the Effective Date of this Compact will be available for future development subject to the Reserved Right and applicable permit conditions as described herein.

  • T&R Study, VA (2019) – Principal in Charge for a level 3 T&R study on behalf of VDOT to evaluate travel behavior, T&R projections, and potential tolling strategies on Xxxxxxxxx River crossings in Hampton Roads.


More Definitions of River

River means the Wisconsin River downstream from the dam at Prairie du Sac.
River means any stream or current of water, whether seasonal or perennial, and includes its banks extending up to the highest known flood level;
River means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary thereof, including rivers, streams, creeks, runs, kills, rills, and small lakes.
River means, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(8), a body of water that is designated as a perennial stream by the United States Department of Interior Geologic Survey on 7.5-minute series topographic maps, and that is not a pond.
River means a large, continuous and natural stream of water that is fed along its course by converging tributaries and empties into an ocean, lake or other body of water.
River means a lotic waterbody located in or bordering the state and includes rivers, streams, creeks, channels, flowages and impoundments.
River means a flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion,