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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| tributaries | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| rivers | /x | Noun |
| watersheds | /xx | Noun |
| watercourses | /xxx | Noun |
| floodplains | // | Noun |
| creeks | / | Noun |
| drainages | /xx | Noun |
| streams | / | Noun |
| waters | /x | Noun |
| wetlands | /x | Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun |
| estuaries | /xxx | Noun |
| valleys | /x | Noun |
| riverbanks | /xx | Noun |
| waterways | /xx | Noun |
| lakes | / | Noun |
| riverine | /x/x | Adjective |
| sediments | /xx | Noun |
| upstream | // | Adjective |
| snowmelt | /x | Noun |
| foothills | /x | Noun |
| downstream | // | Noun |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| catchments | /x | Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| reservoirs | /xx | Noun |
| wellspring | /x | Noun |
| sources | /x | Noun |
| wellhead | /x | Noun |
| fountainhead | /xx | Noun |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| river basin | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| confluence | /xx | Noun |
| midstream | /x | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun |
| fresh | / | Adjective |
| river bottom | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bank | / | Noun |
| trailhead | /x | Noun |
| hydrograph | xxx | Noun |
| fount | / | Noun |
| bridgehead | /x | Noun |
| mouth | / | Noun |
| feeder | /x | Noun |
| tidal river | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| outfall | /x | Noun |
| high water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| grain | / | Noun |
| water level | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| head | / | Noun |
| brook | / | Noun |
| influent | /xx | Noun |
| fork | / | Noun |
| riverside | /xx | Noun |
| low water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| catchment area | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| delta | /x | Noun |
| sluice | / | Noun |
| ostium | /xx | Noun |
| channel | /x | Noun |
| strand | / | Noun |
| courses | /x | Noun |
| foreland | /x | Noun |
| heck | / | Noun |
| rivulet | //x | Noun |
| floodwaters | /xx | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| ford | / | Name |
| inlet | /x | Noun |
| headland | /x | Noun |
| thread | / | Noun |
| ripe | / | Adjective |
| ghat | / | Noun |
| waterfront | /xx | Noun |
| link | / | Noun |
| nile | / | Adjective, Name |
| gila | /x | Name |
| brazos | /x | Name |
| orinoco | xx/x | Name |
| rosebud | /x | Noun |
| yellowstone | /xx | Name |
| platte | / | Name |
| susquehanna | xx/x | Name |
| allegheny | xx/x | Name |
| amazon | /xx | Name |
| magdalena | xx/x | Name |
| yukon | /x | Name |
| zambezi | x/x | Name |
| wabash | /x | Name |
| appalachian | xx/x | Adjective |
| forested | /xx | Adjective |
| tigris | /x | Name |
| spawn | / | Verb |
| rappahannock | xx/x | Name |
| yangtze | // | Name |
| portage | /x | Noun |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| missouri | x/x | Name |
| euphrates | x/x | Name |
| canadian | x/xx | Name |
| niger | /x | Name |
| humboldt | /x | Name |
| volga | /x | Name |
| mississippi | xx/x | Name |
| sandy | /x | Name |
| indus | /x | Name |
| arkansas | /xx | Name |
| diverting | x/x | Verb |
| aguas | xx | Noun |
| annexed | /x | Verb |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| congested | x/x | Adjective |
| continents | /xx | Adjective |
| corresponding | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| counties | /x | Noun |
| danube | /x | Name |
| easternmost | /xx | Adjective |
| glaciated | /xxx | Adjective |
| headers | /x | Noun |
| headings | /x | Noun |
| inundated | /xxx | Adjective |
| mountains | /x | Noun |
| northerly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| northwestern | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| oases | x/x | Noun |
| plateaus | xx | Noun |
| pueblos | /x | Noun |
| ranges | /x | Noun |
| reaches | /x | Noun |
| rhine | / | Name |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
