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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| creek | / | Noun, Noun |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| lake | / | Noun |
| waterway | /xx | Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| riverside | /xx | Noun |
| estuary | /xxx | Noun, Adverb |
| tributary | /xxx | Noun |
| headwater | /xx | Noun |
| valley | /x | Noun |
| embankment | x/x | Noun |
| brook | / | Noun |
| rivulet | //x | Noun |
| downriver | x/x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| canal | x/ | Noun |
| water | /x | Noun |
| pond | / | Noun |
| riverfront | /xx | Noun |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| stream | / | Noun |
| gorge | / | Noun |
| shore | / | Noun |
| upriver | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| canyon | /x | Noun |
| watercourse | /xx | Noun |
| waterfall | /xx | Noun |
| bridge | / | Noun |
| marsh | / | Noun |
| rapids | /x | Noun |
| canoe | x/ | Noun |
| elbe | / | Name |
| lagoon | x/ | Noun |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| levee | /x | Noun |
| ravine | x/ | Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun |
| bayou | /x | Noun |
| riverine | /x/x | Adjective |
| barge | / | Noun |
| rive | / | Noun |
| downstream | // | Noun |
| rafting | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ganges | /x | Name |
| sandbar | /x | Noun |
| footbridge | /x | Noun |
| swamp | / | Noun |
| bank | / | Noun |
| weir | / | Noun |
| meadow | /x | Noun |
| marshes | /x | Noun |
| watershed | /xx | Noun |
| upstream | // | Adjective |
| boat | / | Noun |
| coulee | /x | Noun |
| river basin | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| river bottom | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| flume | / | Noun |
| tidal river | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| draw | / | Verb |
| race | / | Noun |
| grain | / | Noun |
| drain | / | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| mouth | / | Noun |
| rill | / | Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| ridge | / | Noun |
| wash | / | Noun |
| water level | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| fount | / | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun |
| drove | / | Verb |
| torrent | /x | Noun |
| confluence | /xx | Noun |
| pool | / | Noun |
| rain | / | Noun |
| delta | /x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun |
| strand | / | Noun |
| rhine | / | Name |
| stormwater | /xx | Noun |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun |
| fresh | / | Adjective |
| flood | / | Noun |
| inland sea | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| swale | / | Noun |
| inlet | /x | Noun |
| arroyo | x/x | Noun |
| lick | / | Noun |
| ford | / | Name, Verb |
| open water | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| streamflow | /x | Noun |
| link | / | Noun |
| strait | / | Noun |
| catchment area | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| meander | x/x | Noun |
| influent | /xx | Noun |
| trough | / | Noun |
| bottomland | /xx | Noun |
| channel | /x | Noun |
| hydrograph | xxx | Noun |
| streambed | / | Noun |
| tidewater | /xx | Noun |
| road | / | Noun |
| mississippi | xx/x | Adjective |
| helmand | /x | Adjective |
| oder | /x | Adjective |
| potomac | x/x | Adjective |
| nile | / | Adverb |
| meuse | / | Adjective |
| fear | / | Adjective |
| mekong | /x | Adjective |
| connecticut | x/xx | Adjective |
| damming | /x | Noun, Verb |
| yangtze | // | Adjective |
| navigable | /xxx | Adjective |
| colorado | xx/x | Adjective |
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective |
| acheron | x/x | Name |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| adriatic | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| aire | / | Noun |
| alabama | xx/x | Name |
| amazon | /xx | Name, Verb |
| amur | /x | Name |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| arkansas | /xx | Name |
| arno | /x | Name |
| arrayed | x/ | Adjective |
| atlantic | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bed | / | Noun, Verb |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| bighorn | /x | Noun |
| blindness | /x | Noun |
| bordering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| brahmaputra | /x/x | Name |
| brazos | /x | Name |
| canadian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| carousel | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cascade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cataract | /xx | Noun |
| catchment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| catfish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| cavern | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chang | / | Name |
| charles | / | Name |
| chu | / | Name |
| cimarron | /xx | Name |
| columbia | x/xx | Name |
| congo | /x | Name |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cretaceous | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| crick | / | Noun, Verb |
| cuenca | /x | Name |
| cumberland | /xx | Name |
| danube | /x | Name |
| darling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| delaware | /xx | Name |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| drowning | /x | Noun |
| eagle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eau | / | Name |
| ebro | /x | Name |
| estuarine | /xxx | Adjective |
| euphrates | x/x | Name |
| falls | / | Noun |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| fleet | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| fluvial | /xx | Adjective |
| fraser | /x | Name |
| gila | /x | Name, Adjective |
| glacier | /x | Noun |
| greeks | / | Name |
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| green river | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| hah | / | Noun |
| harbor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hudson | /x | Name |
| hydrographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| indus | /x | Name |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| james | / | Name |
| jordan | /x | Name |
| kai | / | Name |
| kanawha | x/x | Name |
| kansas | /x | Name |
| lena | /x | Name |
| lethe | / | Name |
| limpopo | //x | Name |
| little bighorn | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| little missouri | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| littoral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| loch | / | Noun |
| loire | / | Name |
| mackenzie | x/x | Name |
| madeira | x/x | Name |
| milk | / | Noun, Verb |
| miscible | /xx | Adjective |
| missouri | x/x | Name |
| mobile | /x | Adjective, Name |
| mud | / | Noun, Verb |
| murray | /x | Name |
| mussels | /x | Noun |
| niagara | x/x | Name |
| niagara river | x/x/x | Name, Name |
| niger | /x | Name |
| north platte | // | Name, Name |
| oceanic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ohio | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| orinoco | xx/x | Name |
| osage | x/ | Name |
| ouachita | x/x | Name |
| parana | x/x | Name |
| pearl | / | Noun, Verb |
| pecos | /x | Name |
| pee dee | // | Name, Name |
| platte | / | Name |
| po | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| pop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| quarry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| red | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| republican | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| revere | x/ | Name, Verb |
| rhein | / | Name |
| rhone | / | Name |
| rio | /x | Name |
| rio grande | /x/ | Name, Name |
| riot | /x | Noun, Verb |
| riparian | //xx | Noun, Adjective |
| riviere | /xx | Name |
| rivière | /x | Name |
| ruhr | / | Name |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| sabine | x/ | Name |
| saint | / | Noun, Verb |
| salmon | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| saloon | x/ | Noun |
| savannah | x/x | Name |
| sea | / | Noun |
| seaway | /x | Noun |
| seine | / | Noun, Verb |
| shoreline | /x | Noun |
| sloped | / | Adjective |
| snake | / | Noun, Verb |
| solvent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| south platte | // | Name, Name |
| styx | / | Name |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
