Sentence examples for call a river from inspiring English sources
'To our left, for the benefit of our drought-stricken Australian friends in the group,' he pointed out the tumbling waters beside the bus, 'this is what we in New Zealand call a river.
As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high, without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers; so in the productions of genius, nothing can be stiled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind.
Ecology is so much his passion that sometimes he likes to be called a river singer.
After lunch, he and a younger friend visited a sewer they called a river, where at midday it was cooler than elsewhere.
Although called a river, the Sakonnet is actually a saltwater strait that separates Rhode (Aquidneck) Island from the mainland to the east.
The former is 150 miles (240 km) long and 50 miles (80 km) wide and is technically a shallow, slow-moving river (the Everglades is often called a "river of grass").
Located in the gaping desert and flanked by low mountains, the industrial city of Juárez, Chihuahua is separated from the US by the narrow strip of the Rio Grande – if it can even be called a river.
We waded across one river and went to swim in a pool enclosed by high rocks, indulging in the Jacuzzi-like qualities of the rushing water, enjoying what Dominicans called "a river bath" and floating on our backs, with the green lace of the forest looming above us.
And this 85-cabin cruise ship wasn't even called a river cruiser -- it was called a spaceship because it was so airy and high-tech.
The watershed is known for this peculiar geography, and the Klamath has been called "a river upside down" by the National Geographic Society.
