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Descriptor English: Rivers
Descriptor Spanish: Ríos
Descriptor ríos
Entry term(s) arroyo
arroyos
delta
riachuelos
Scope note: Grandes corrientes naturales de AGUA DULCE formadas por la convergencia de afluentes y que desembocan en una gran masa de agua (lago u océano).
Descriptor Portuguese: Rios
Descriptor French: Rivières
Entry term(s): Delta
River
River Mouth
Stream
Streams
Tree number(s): G01.311.750
G16.500.275.280.650
N06.230.232.650
SP4.606.837.620.114.667.685
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045483
Scope note: Large natural streams of FRESH WATER formed by converging tributaries and which empty into a body of water (lake or ocean).
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Related: Fluvial Erosion DeCS
River Basins DeCS
River Pollution DeCS
Water Currents DeCS
DeCS ID: 38365
Unique ID: D045483
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Rivers - Preferred
Concept UI M0448424
Scope note Large natural streams of FRESH WATER formed by converging tributaries and which empty into a body of water (lake or ocean).
Preferred term Rivers
Entry term(s) River
Streams - Narrower
Concept UI M0448425
Preferred term Streams
Entry term(s) Stream
Delta - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060886
Scope note Triangular configuration of a section of coast open to the sea, created by the alluvial deposits at the mouth of a river, often, but not always, traversed by its branches. Example: the Nile delta. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Delta
Entry term(s) River Mouth



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