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Also known as rivers
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A river is a large natural stream of water that flows across land, typically toward an ocean, sea, or lake. Rivers matter because they provide water for drinking and agriculture, support diverse ecosystems, enable transportation, and shape the landscape around them.
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Research
155,000 papers- Backwater makes the tributaries of large river becoming phosphorus "sink".ReviewWater research · 2024Cheng B, Zhang Y, Xia R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122012
- The Urban River Syndrome: Achieving Sustainability Against a Backdrop of Accelerating Change.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Richardson M, Soloviev MDOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126406
- A river's pulse.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Moutinho SDOI: 10.1126/science.adg4958
- Global meta-analysis of river bacterial communities and responses to human activities.Journal of environmental management · 2025Tan Q, Wang X, Xing Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127658
- Geographic patterns of microbial traits of river basins in China.The Science of the total environment · 2023Xu N, Hu H, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162070
- The biogeographic and genomic signatures of dynamic river networks for terrestrial species in Amazonia.ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Musher LJDOI: 10.1111/brv.70042
- River water quality management using an integrated multi-objective optimization-simulation approach based on bankruptcy rules.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Babamiri O, Dinpashoh YDOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31603-4
- Integrative approaches to river ecosystem assessment and restoration: a review of methodologies and strategies for coherent implementation.ReviewEnvironmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Zhang XB, Huang S, Hu YP et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10661-025-14957-9
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