fleuve

Definitions of fleuve
  1. noun
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    synonyms: rivière
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    examples:
    rivière
    an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River
    affluent
    a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
    type of:
    cours d'eau
    a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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