> It does not communicate the quality of "riverness" at all. This bend may or may not lend its name to a locality but it is primarily a feature of the river, not the name of a settled place.
Generally, the term 'Reach' is most appropriate for subsections of flowing water: (From https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-a-reach ) What is a reach? “Reach” can have *slightly different meanings*, depending on how it is used. A reach is a section of a stream or river along which similar hydrologic conditions exist, such as discharge, depth, area, and slope. It can also be the length of a stream or river (with varying conditions) between two stream gauges, or a length of river for which the characteristics are well described by readings at a single stream gauge. More generally, *a reach is just any length of a stream or river.* The term is often used by hydrologists when they’re referring to a small section of a river rather than its entire length from end to end.
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