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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| feeder | /x | Noun, Noun |
| affluent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| secondary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| headwater | /xx | Noun |
| river | /x | Noun |
| watercourse | /xx | Noun |
| rivulet | //x | Noun |
| waterway | /xx | Noun |
| watershed | /xx | Noun |
| estuary | /xxx | Noun |
| creek | / | Noun |
| stream | / | Noun |
| brook | / | Noun |
| downstream | // | Noun |
| riverine | /x/x | Adjective |
| navigable | /xxx | Adjective |
| outfall | /x | Noun |
| riparian | //xx | Adjective |
| drainages | /xx | Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun |
| catchment | /x | Noun |
| upstream | // | Adjective |
| downriver | x/x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| vassal | /x | Noun |
| aqueduct | /xx | Noun |
| waters | /x | Noun |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| thoroughfare | /xx | Noun |
| reservoir | /xx | Noun |
| valley | /x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| influent | /xx | Noun |
| river basin | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun |
| confluence | /xx | Noun |
| tidal river | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| catchment area | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| water level | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bank | / | Noun |
| yazoo | /x | Name |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective |
| streamflow | /x | Noun |
| hydrology | x/xx | Noun |
| stormwater | /xx | Noun |
| draw | / | Verb |
| strait | / | Noun |
| fresh | / | Adjective |
| strand | / | Noun |
| fount | / | Noun |
| inlet | /x | Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| tidewater | /xx | Noun |
| flume | / | Noun |
| arroyo | x/x | Noun |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| divide | x/ | Noun |
| effluent | /xx | Noun |
| streambed | / | Noun |
| bourne | / | Name |
| regime | x/ | Noun |
| lake | / | Noun |
| runoff | /x | Noun |
| midstream | /x | Noun |
| hydrograph | xxx | Noun |
| grain | / | Noun |
| slough | / | Noun |
| channel | /x | Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun |
| course | / | Noun |
| ford | / | Name |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| drain | / | Noun |
| torrent | /x | Noun |
| mekong | /x | Name |
| ouse | / | Noun |
| brahmaputra | /x/x | Name |
| amur | /x | Name |
| ganga | /x | Name |
| orinoco | xx/x | Name |
| yangtze | // | Name |
| godavari | /x/x | Name |
| yamuna | x/x | Name |
| zambezi | x/x | Name |
| severn | /x | Name |
| amazon | /xx | Name |
| indus | /x | Name |
| dnieper | /x | Name |
| tiber | /x | Name |
| ganges | /x | Name |
| wabash | /x | Name |
| lena | /x | Name |
| euphrates | x/x | Name |
| platte | / | Name |
| danube | /x | Name |
| volga | /x | Name |
| parana | x/x | Name |
| tigris | /x | Name |
| loire | / | Name |
| avon | /x | Name |
| yukon | /x | Name |
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective |
| vein | / | Noun |
| seine | / | Noun |
| nile | / | Name |
| niger | /x | Name |
| joins | / | Verb |
| rhine | / | Name |
| thames | / | Name |
| easternmost | /xx | Adjective |
| empties | /x | Verb |
| fork | / | Noun |
| canyon | /x | Noun |
| krishna | /x | Name |
| northernmost | /xx | Adjective |
| southernmost | /xx | Adjective |
| andean | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| arkansas | /xx | Name |
| balkan | /x | Name, Adjective |
| baltic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| coast | / | Noun, Verb |
| conquered | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| dependant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dependence | x/x | Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| devastated | /xxx | Adjective |
| flock | / | Noun, Verb |
| function | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gangetic | //x | Adjective |
| glacier | /x | Noun |
| himalayan | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| hostage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| industrialised | x/xxx | Adjective |
| island | /x | Noun, Verb |
| landlocked | /x | Adjective |
| loch | / | Noun |
| neighboring | /xx | Adjective |
| neighbouring | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| outcrop | // | Noun, Verb |
| populous | /xx | Adjective |
| port | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| prong | / | Noun, Verb |
| reliance | x/x | Noun |
| reliant | x/x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| subjugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| susceptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tax | / | Noun, Verb |
| taxation | x/x | Noun |
| town | / | Noun |
| wadi | /x | Noun |
| westphalia | /xxx | Name |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| 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 |
