What's the difference between a river and the sea?

Jiang is an outflow river, divided into inflow river and outflow river. The lake is a closed sea of water on the ground. . This needs no explanation: do you know why some rivers are called rivers and others are called rivers? People are used to talking about big rivers, but most of them don't know when to call them rivers and when to call them rivers. Now I'll give you a brief introduction to the differences between rivers I have learned. Generally speaking, in our country, rivers flowing into inland seas or lakes are usually called rivers. For example, the Yellow River flows into the Bohai Sea and is called a river; Liaohe River, which flows into Bohai Sea, is called River; Tarim River flows into Lop Nur, also known as the Great River, and so on. Rivers that flow into the high seas or oceans are usually called rivers. For example, the Yangtze River flows into the Yellow Sea, which is called Jiang; The Pearl River that flows in is called Jiang, and so on. We can also look at other rivers: Heilongjiang, Pearl River, Wusuli River, Nujiang River, salween, Qiantang River and Yarlung Zangbo River. Of course, the names of rivers in Chinese mainland all have this feature, and it is customary that rivers on our island, no matter where they are injected, are called rivers or streams, such as Wanquan River, Turbid Water Stream, Dajiaxi and so on. For foreign rivers, no matter how long they are, whether they are injected into inland seas, lakes or open seas or oceans, they are generally called rivers. For example: Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Lena, Yenisei, ob river, San Lao Lun, La Plata, ... Even if it flows into the ocean, it is still called a river. There are few rivers called Jiang abroad. Even if there is, it is related to China, such as Heilongjiang, Tumen, Wusuli and Nujiang ... The only foreign river is called Jiang, because for a long time, it was a vassal state of China, paying tribute to China and having close ties with China. The reason, the author thinks, comes from an old concept in China: China is the center of the world, China is orthodox, the largest and richest, while other countries are barbarians and insignificant, which leads people to think that their rivers are short and can only flow into small lakes or inland seas. Of course, this only represents China's world outlook in ancient times, not the view of China people today. Do you know why some rivers are called rivers and others are called rivers? People are used to talking about big rivers, but most people don't know when to call them rivers. Now I'll give you a brief introduction to the differences between rivers I have learned. Generally speaking, in our country, rivers flowing into inland seas or lakes are usually called rivers. For example, the Yellow River flows into the Bohai Sea and is called a river; Liaohe River, which flows into Bohai Sea, is called River; Tarim River flows into Lop Nur, also known as the Great River, and so on. Rivers that flow into the high seas or oceans are usually called rivers. For example, the Yangtze River flows into the Yellow Sea, which is called Jiang; The Pearl River that flows in is called Jiang, and so on. We can also look at other rivers: Heilongjiang, Pearl River, Wusuli River, Nujiang River, salween, Qiantang River and Yarlung Zangbo River. Of course, the names of rivers in Chinese mainland all have this feature, and it is customary that rivers on our island, no matter where they are injected, are called rivers or streams, such as Wanquan River, Turbid Water Stream, Dajiaxi and so on. For foreign rivers, no matter how long they are, whether they are injected into inland seas, lakes or open seas or oceans, they are generally called rivers. For example: Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Lena, Yenisei, ob river, San Lao Lun, La Plata, ... Even if it flows into the ocean, it is still called a river. There are few rivers called Jiang abroad. Even if there is, it is related to China, such as Heilongjiang, Tumen, Wusuli and Nujiang ... The only foreign river is called Jiang, because for a long time, it was a vassal state of China, paying tribute to China and having close ties with China. The reason, the author thinks, comes from an old concept in China: China is the center of the world, China is orthodox, the largest and richest, while other countries are barbarians and insignificant, which leads people to think that their rivers are short and can only flow into small lakes or inland seas. Of course, this only represents China's world outlook in ancient times, not the view of China people today. Interviewee: anonymous1-161:38 rivers are generally smaller than rivers, and they are much longer and have fresh water quality; Rivers, which are generally larger than rivers, are waters with much larger length and width, and the water quality is fresh water; Lakes are large waters with little difference in length and width, and some even have the same length and width. The lakes in the outflow area are mostly fresh water, and the lakes in the inflow area are mostly salt water; Sea, the edge of the ocean is the sea, and most of the sea water is salty. Interviewee: Chen 52 1323023- Trainee Magician Level 31-161:38 There is no big difference. It's all water. Respondent: Babylon Garden-Probation Level 1 1- 18. It seems to be written in a book. Gentlemen taught it. And I'm getting more and more dissatisfied with it. When I was in the fifth grade of primary school, several blind children had a heated discussion about the difference between river and river. The conclusion is of course that the river is bigger than the river, but I'm still a little uncertain. So I went to ask the teacher. Our teacher is also blind. But he is blind the day after tomorrow and is recognized as the most knowledgeable teacher in the whole school. He told us that the river and the river are the same thing, but they are just two names. We will be skeptical and ask him, look at Songhua River and Heilongjiang, which are bigger than Mino and Tang Wang (Tang Wang and Mino are our two local rivers). He was lost in thought. We are proud that we can refute a knowledgeable teacher. He also told us that the river and the river are actually the same thing, but they are called by different names. For example, the Yellow River, which is bigger than many Jiangdu, is called a river instead of a river. We believed it. These days, I still feel that the learned teacher is wrong. Because the Yangtze River is bigger than the Yellow River after all. In this way, after another discussion, we came to a strict and unmistakable conclusion: the river is bigger than the river, the Yellow River is only the leader of the river, and the Yangtze River is the leader of the river. The difference between a river and a river is like the difference between an officer and his subordinates, an adult and a child. Not long after, with the knowledge of world geography, our Jiang Dahe's novels were passively shaken again. According to the geography book at that time, there are four major rivers in the world, in turn: Amazon River, Mississippi River, Nile River and Yangtze River. Because the biggest river in the world is not called Jiang, obviously our teacher is right. However, I still try my best to prove that this river is bigger than the river in my heart. It can be seen that the power of preconceptions is too great. In recent years, I have also come into contact with several literati, and I found that they all hold the view that small rivers are small. Maybe it was boring, so I looked it up in the dictionary. "River, natural waterway", "River, big river". This is the explanation of Jiang Hehe in Modern Chinese Dictionary. But I think this is just an explanation made by linguists according to their habits. Linguistics pays the most attention to respecting conventions. The word brook is often said to be a small river ditch, but it must be in the place where the main waterway is called a river; Where the main waterway is called Jiang, some streams are usually called Xiaojianggou or Jianggouzi. It's really hard to tell a river from another. It is probably only a product of Chinese to say that natural waterways are rivers and rivers respectively. As far as I know, there is no word' Jiang' in English. The Yangtze River is written as the Yangtze River or Yangtze River in English. Not only that, there are some old people's names in Chinese, such as old man, old man, old lady and old lady. But there are only old men and old women or old gentlemen in English. The richness, preciseness, exquisiteness and delicacy of Chinese are really amazing. There is another feature of our great language that cannot be ignored. Even commendatory words are used as irony according to intonation or certain language environment. For example, forget it, you baby, you husband, you young lady, we can't do anything about you, we can't afford to be taunted ... At this time, the amiable and lovely baby and the amiable and respectable gentleman and lady become disgusting. ▲ Lake ... a body of water accumulated in a relatively wide depression on the land surface. According to the causes, it can be divided into tectonic lake, crater lake, dammed lake, glacial lake, karst lake, lagoon, oxbow lake, wind erosion lake and artificial lake. According to the salt content, it can be divided into freshwater lake, saltwater lake and salt lake. According to the relationship between lakes and rivers, they can be divided into inland lakes and outflow lakes. Such as Taihu Lake, Poyang Lake, Xingkai Lake and Qinghai Lake. The original meaning of "Jiang" refers to the Yangtze River, just as "He" refers to the Yellow River. The differences between rivers can be seen from two angles: ① Geographical differences (South River and North River). For example, rivers in southern China are often called "rivers", such as Yangtze River, Pearl River, Qiantang River, Minjiang River, Nujiang River, Jinsha River, Lancang River, Yarlung Zangbo River, Lijiang River, Lijiang River and Jiulong River. It can be seen that southerners are generally used to calling rivers "rivers". Rivers in the north are often called "rivers", such as Yellow River, Huaihe River, Weihe River, Jinghe River, Luohe River, Fenhe River, Qinghe River, Liaohe River, Yinma River, Qinhe River, Qaidam River, Tarim River and so on. It can be seen that northerners are used to calling rivers "rivers". People's division of river names is slightly different from the traditional north-south division. Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places are often called "rivers" in the south and "rivers" in the north. This is the difference in naming habits between the north and the south. ② The differences in scale (big "river" and small "river") are roughly divided into regions, but nothing is absolute. When people name a river, they will also call it "Jiang" or "River" according to its size. Let's look at the exceptions: Nenjiang, Yalu, Heilongjiang, Songhua and Wusuli rivers in the north (Liuyang River and other rivers in the south). These rivers are called "rivers" in the north, and their similarities are length, flow and basin, and they are all large in scale. So in addition to the habit of naming the rivers in the area, people usually refer to some small rivers.