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Meanings of flow of a river in English

Russian
течение реки
Portuguese
corrente
Spanish
agua entubada

Flow of water influenced by gravity as the water moves downhill to reduce its potential energy.

течение реки
Usage of flow of a river in English
1
The sweet flow of a river, and the unfriendly restless vitality of the sea, men may know and love.
Letters from America
2
You cannot stop an express train by stretching a rope across the line, nor stay the flow of a river with a barrier of straw.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
3
What is more peaceful than the calm, even flowing of a river?
How to Live a Holy Life
4
Harry heard them, but their words were like the flowing of a river.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
5
He could hear the mutter of the guns, ceaseless like the flowing of a river.
The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
6
It had been going on so long now, as steady as the flowing of a river.
The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
7
All sounds were fused into one steady murmur, rather soothing, like the flowing of a river.
The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
8
But if you have two double-basses and enough fiddles on top you can manage to make the flowing of a river sound quite well.
The Harlequinade: An Excursion
Translations for flow of a river
Portuguese
corrente