Adjectives Words to Describe a River

The first picture that comes to mind when we think of a river is that of the water flowing continuously from mountain to valley. This may sound obvious, but it is this feature that allows us to understand what a river is and how it works.

In its endless journeys, the waters of the river cut through the land, the hills and the plains.

Rivers originate in the mountains, very often in glaciers, vast reserves of permanent ice which is derived from the snow deposited at high altitudes or in the polar-regions.

Adjective Words to Describe River

Following are common adjectives words used for describing various types of rivers:

wideFlowingnearestsecond
ancientFoamingnewshallow
beautifulFrenchnobleshining
bigFrozennorthernsilent
blackGentlenumeroussluggish
blueGreatoldsmall
brightGreenopensmooth
broadIndianpeacefulsouthern
certainUpperpleasantstrange
clearLargeprettystreaming

 

coldLittleprincipalsweet
considerableLongestpureswift
darkLowerquietswollen
deepMainrapidtidal
distantMajesticrepublicantropical
endlessMightyrollingturbulent
fairMuddyrunningunderground
famousmysteriousrushingunknown
fatalnarrowingsacredunseen
finerNavigatesaidvast
westernWildyellowWinding

The river flows from the hills down to the plains. The speed of the flow slows down again, the debris gets better, and the canal of the river, the basin with which the water flows, becomes wider.

And finally at the end, the river flows out into the sea.

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