How is a river and a river different?

Do you know why some rivers are called rivers and some are called rivers?

People are accustomed to saying big rivers and big rivers, but most of them don't know when they are called rivers and when they are called rivers. Now I will briefly introduce to you the knowledge I have dug up about the difference between rivers.

In general, in China, rivers that flow into inland seas or lakes are usually called rivers. For example: the Yellow River, which flows into the Bohai Sea, is called the river; The Liao River, which flows into the Bohai Sea, is called the river; The Tarim River, which flows into Lop Nur, is also called a river, and so on.

Rivers that flow into the open sea or ocean are usually called rivers. For example, the Yangtze River flows into the Yellow Sea, called Jiang; The Pearl River, which flows into the South China Sea, is called the River, and so on.

We can also look at other rivers: Heilongjiang, Zhujiang, Ussuri, Nu, Salween, Qiantang, Brahmaputra .......

Of course, the names of rivers in Chinese mainland have this characteristic, and it is customary to call the rivers on the islands of our country, regardless of their inflow **, as rivers or streams, such as: Wanquan River, Turbidity Water Stream, Dajia Stream, etc.

As for foreign rivers, regardless of their length, whether they flow into the inland sea, lakes, or open seas and oceans, they are generally called rivers. For example: the Nile, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Lena, the Yenisei, the Ob, the St. Lawrence, the Río de la Plata, ,......Even if it is poured into the ocean, it is still called a river.

In foreign rivers, there are very few rivers called rivers. Even if there is, it is related to our country, such as: Heilongjiang, Tumen River, Ussuri River, Nujiang River, ......The reason for the foreign rivers is that for a long time it was a vassal state of China, paying tribute to China and having a close relationship with China.

The reason for this, according to the author, is derived from an ancient Chinese concept: the center of the world is China, China is the orthodox, the largest and richest, while the other countries are fanbangs, barbarians, and insignificant, which leads people to think that their rivers are also short and can only flow into small lakes or inland seas. Of course, this only represents the view of ancient China on the world, not the view of today's Chinese.

In ancient times, the Yellow River was called a river, called a river, that is, a river called "river", and a river called "river", and "jiang" specifically referred to the Yangtze River, called Jiangshui, which was a river called "river".

The south is called the river, the north is called the river, this is the tradition, the reason in the academic community is generally believed to be due to the precipitation of the formation of ancient dialects, the river in the north, in ancient Chinese generally refers to the Yellow River (before the Northern and Southern Dynasties), and later cited as all rivers, which should be the ancient Central Plains Chinese people have always called the flow of water. And Jiang, the ancient etymology may come from the Baiyue people in the south, they do not belong to the Central Plains Huaxia system, are the ancestors of the modern southwest ethnic minorities, the language branch is different, after the Baiyue people left the southern homeland, the Huaxia people went south, but they also retained the name of Jiang in the place name, and created the word Jiang, which has been passed down to the present. It is a foregone conclusion that place names have always been able to retain ancient dialects.

The difference between river and river is as follows:

1. Geographical differences.

Most of the rivers in southern China are called "rivers", such as: Yangtze River, Pearl River, Qianbaitang River, Min River, Nu River, Jinsha River, Lancang River, Brahmaputra River, Li River, Lijiang River, Jiudu Longjiang River and so on. It can be seen that southerners are generally accustomed to calling rivers "rivers".

The rivers in the north are mostly called "rivers", such as: the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Wei River, the Jinghe River, the Luo River, the Fen River, the Qing River, the Liao River, the Yinma River, the Qin River, the Qaidam River, the Tarim River and so on. It can be seen that northerners are accustomed to calling rivers "rivers".

2. Differences in scale.

Although there is a general division of regions, there are no absolutes in everything. When naming rivers, people also refer to them as "rivers" or "rivers" according to their size and scale.

There are some exceptions: the Nenjiang, Yalu, Heilongjiang, Songhua and Ussuri rivers in the north (there are rivers such as the Liuyang River in the south), these rivers are called "rivers" in the north, and the common characteristics of these "rivers" are the length, flow, and basin, and the scale is larger.

Therefore, in addition to the regional habit of naming rivers, people usually call some small rivers "rivers", and for larger "rivers", people are used to calling them "rivers".

Introduction to Rivers and Rivers

The river is a waterway owned by the territory, and was used as a special name for the Yangtze River in the beginning. In other words, the river originally referred to the waterway that belonged to the state, and its waterway direction was relatively fixed. Because the rivers in the south have a humid climate and lush vegetation, they are fixed, and the rivers are rarely diverted, so the rivers in the south are named rivers.

A river is a naturally formed waterway, which is also a surname for water. Streams, rivers, rivers, and rivers that we often talk about can actually be used as waterways that accept runoff, but there are different language choices depending on the occasion. In ancient times, the river referred to the Yellow River, which was the proper name of the Yellow River before the Qin and Han dynasties.

The rest of the rivers are called Chuanchuan, but there are exceptions in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. In the pre-Qin period, there was no word for the Yellow River, and then the Yellow River appeared in the book of Bangu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The yellow character for the Yellow River is used to describe the turbidity of the river.

The differences between rivers and rivers are as follows:1. According to the geographical region, most of the rivers in the north are called rivers, such as the Yellow River and the Huai River, while the south is called rivers, such as the Yangtze River, Jinsha River, etc.

2. The rivers that flow into the inland sea or lakes are called rivers, while those that flow into the ocean are called rivers.

3. According to the surplus and dryness of the river, generally speaking, the surplus and dryness are not obvious, and the river is full of flowing water all year round, and the river is full of surplus and dry.

"River" and "river" are just conventional names, and there is no qualitative difference.

When naming rivers, people also refer to them as "rivers" or "rivers" according to their size and scale.

Generally it is a big "river" and a small "and".

There is a saying that it is a river that flows into the inland sea, and it is a river that flows to the open sea or the ocean, in fact, this statement is also far-fetched, the name of the river has existed since ancient times, and at that time there was no distinction between the inland sea and the outer sea in the geographical division. Another saying is "South River and North River", and on this basis, it is derived from the saying that the large water flow is called "river", and the water flow is small is called "river".

In fact, rivers and rivers were called water in ancient times, such as Han water, river water, river water, Huai water, etc. However, due to regional differences or local customary names, rivers were called rivers in the south, while rivers were generally called rivers in the north.

As a common name of a place, river and river are a kind of name in the form of a water body. In ancient Chinese, "Jiang" refers to the Yangtze River, and "He" refers to the Yellow River, while ordinary rivers are mostly called by "water".

Generally speaking, the river is larger than the river, but it is difficult to say clearly to find out the demarcation point, they are just a relative statement, science does not strictly stipulate the definition of the river in terms of length, width, depth, flow velocity, etc., so generally speaking, the relatively large waterway is called "river", and the second ordinary one is called "river" (mostly in the north) or "water" (mostly in the south), and the very small one is called "river".

The difference between a river and a river is a difference in geography, different runoff, different shapes of waterways, etc.

1. The difference between the regions and the sun.

For example, the rivers in southern China are mostly called "rivers", such as: Yangtze River, Pearl River, Qiantang River, Gangjiang River, Nu River, Jinsha River, Lancang River, Brahmaputra River, Li River, Lijiang River, Jiulong River and so on. It can be seen that southerners are generally accustomed to calling the river "river".

The rivers in the north are mostly called "rivers", such as: the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Wei River, the Jingji Zefeng River, the Luo River, the Fen River, the Qing River, the Liao River, the Yinma River, the Qin River, the Qaidam River, the Tarim River and so on. It can be seen that northerners are accustomed to calling rivers "rivers".

2. Runoff is different.

The surface runoff of the river is relatively stable and does not change much throughout the year, for example, the Yangtze River is basically navigable all year round. And the surface runoff of the river changes dramatically because of the change of seasons. For example, the Yellow River has a lot of water in summer, but it often stops flowing in winter.

3. The shape of the waterway is different.

The waterway is steep, and the transition from the shore to the water without slope is the "river". The waterway is gentle, and there are many shallows from the shore to the water.

The Significance of River Culture:

Rivers are an important part of life on earth and the foundation of human survival and development. Rivers are one of the most fundamental forms of existence in the diverse ecosystems of the planet. Historically, the occurrence and development of human beings and their socio-ecological systems are inseparable from the interdependence of rivers.

By the second half of the 20th century, almost all the world's river ecology showed single or multiple complications to varying degrees: river collapse and intertail extinction. In addition to the Colorado River in the United States, several larger rivers in Asia, such as:

The Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, are not allowed to enter the sea for most of the year.

Rivers not only give birth to life, but also nurture and produce human culture. The life of rivers is not only related to the reproduction, habitat and ecological homeostasis of terrestrial aquatic organisms, but also directly affects the spiritual beliefs, spiritual images and taste symbolic meanings of rivers that are closely related to people and their societies formed by human beings in the long-term historical tradition.