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Riv4lries
Riv4lries (RIV4LI) is a 2025 Italian Netflix coming-of-age series by Simona Ercolani, a spin-off of DI4RI set at a Pisa middle school, 14 episodes, ended with the 2026 YouTube special One Last Adventure.
RIVA (pharmacy robot)
RIVA (Robotic IV Automation) is a fully automated pharmacy robot that compounds sterile intravenous medications in hospital pharmacies, developed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and sold by ARxIUM.
Riva Capital Partners
Riva Capital Partners is the family of private equity funds managed by Abrams Capital Management, a Boston-based investment firm, with David C. Abrams as managing member.
Riva S. Vitale
Riva S. Vitale (Riva San Vitale), Ticino village on Lake Lugano, Switzerland; home of the ~500 AD Baptistery of San Giovanni, the oldest fully preserved Christian building in Switzerland, and a former Roman vicus and port of Como.
Rival Sons
Rival Sons are an American blues-rock band formed in 2008 in Long Beach, California, fronted by Jay Buchanan with guitarist Scott Holiday. Known for Pressure & Time (2011), two Grammy nominations for Feral Roots, the #1 rock radio hit "Do Your Worst", and the 2023 companion albums Darkfighter and Lightbringer.
Rivaldo
Rivaldo (Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, born 1972, Recife), Brazilian attacking midfielder and forward; Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player 1999, Barcelona 1997–2002, 2002 World Cup and 2003 Champions League winner.
Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale
Rivalry: A Geisha's Tale (Udekurabe, 腕くらべ) is a 1917 novel by the Japanese writer Nagai Kafū, following a geisha in Tokyo's Shimbashi district and considered his masterpiece.
Rivals (TV series)
Rivals is a British period comedy-drama adapted from Jilly Cooper's 1988 Rutshire Chronicles novel, streaming on Disney+ and Hulu since October 18, 2024; set in 1986 Rutshire, it dramatizes the ITV franchise war between Tony Baddingham's Corinium and Rupert Campbell-Black's Venturer, with season 2 (12 episodes) and a greenlit season 3.
Rivarennes
Rivarennes: name of two French communes, one in Indre on the Creuse (602 inhabitants, Brenne park) and one in Indre-et-Loire on the Indre (Rivarinna, 7th-century coin, Roman hoard).
Rivaroxaban
Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) is an oral direct factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant, first approved in 2008, used for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, VTE treatment, and CAD/PAD with aspirin; generics arrived in 2025.
Rivastigmine
Rivastigmine (Exelon) is a carbamate cholinesterase inhibitor for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease dementia, given orally or as a 4.6-13.3 mg/24 h patch; dual AChE/BuChE inhibition, GI side effects predominate.
Rivellino
Rivellino (Roberto Rivellino, born 1946), Brazilian left-footed midfielder, 1970 World Cup winner, Corinthians and Fluminense idol, famed for the elástico and the Patada Atômica free kick.
Riven
Riven (1997) is Cyan's puzzle adventure sequel to Myst, the year's best-selling game, remade by Cyan Worlds in June 2024 with real-time 3D free movement, VR support, and revised puzzles.
Rivendell
Rivendell (Sindarin Imladris) is Elrond's hidden Elven refuge in Tolkien's Middle-earth, founded S.A. 1697 after Eregion's fall, seat of Vilya, host of the Council of Elrond, abandoned by Fo.A. 120.
Rivenhall
Rivenhall is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, best known for the scheduled Roman villa and early church site around its parish church.
River
River: a natural freshwater stream flowing in a definite channel toward sea, lake, or another river. Also drainage-basin runoff, meandering vs braided channels, discharge measurement, and global drying trends.
River (2026 film)
River (2026) is a survival slasher and the feature debut of writer-director Joshua Giuliano, starring Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, and Max Mattern as siblings hunted by Dane DiLiegro's masked killer; it premiered at TIFF's Midnight Madness and opens theatrically January 15, 2027 via Universal and Blumhouse.
River (TV series)
River (2015) is a six-part BBC One crime drama created by Abi Morgan, starring Stellan Skarsgård as DI John River, a detective haunted by manifestations of the dead, with Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, and Eddie Marsan; made by Kudos.
River basin development
River basin development: planned multipurpose management of an entire drainage basin (flood control, irrigation, hydropower, water supply), from the 1933 Tennessee Valley model and Japan's 1953 Kitakami program to modern cumulative-impact and transboundary planning.
River basin management
River basin management, in its integrated form known as IRBM, governs water, land, and related resources across a whole river basin; the EU's 2000 Water Framework Directive made such plans obligatory for member states.
River bed
River bed: the floor of a river channel, normally covered by water, made of alluvium or bedrock. Shaped by erosion, transport, and deposition; bankfull flows maintain it, and fine-sediment clogging degrades its habitat.
River Bend (data center)
River Bend is an AI data center campus in St. Francisville, Louisiana, developed by Hut 8 with up to $10 billion in Phase I investment and Fluidstack as anchor tenant.
River Bend nuclear power plant
River Bend Station is a nuclear power plant near St. Francisville, Louisiana, operated by Entergy with a single boiling water reactor cooled by the Mississippi River.
River City Girls (リバーシティガールズ)
River City Girls (リバーシティガールズ) is a 2019 WayForward beat-'em-up published by Arc System Works; Kyoko and Misako fight through six regions of River City to rescue Kunio and Riki, with local co-op, dojo-bought moves, and a Metacritic 79.
River City Ransom
River City Ransom (Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari) is Technos Japan's 1989 NES beat 'em up/RPG in the Kunio-kun series, where gang money buys stats and moves, later inspiring Scott Pilgrim and River City Girls.
River Clyde
The River Clyde, also known as the Clyde or Abhainn Chluaidh, is a river in western Scotland that flows through Glasgow to the Firth of Clyde.
River continuum concept
The river continuum concept (RCC) is a 1980 theory in stream ecology holding that rivers show a continuous gradient of conditions from headwaters to mouth, producing predictable changes in communities.
River Deep – Mountain High
River Deep – Mountain High: 1966 Ike & Tina Turner single produced by Phil Spector, written with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. UK number 3, US number 88; Grammy Hall of Fame 1999; Rolling Stone No. 33.
River delta
River delta: landform of riverborne sediment deposited at the edge of an ocean or lake; classified by Galloway as river-, wave-, or tide-dominated; 40 large deltas studied show subsidence often exceeding sea-level rise.
River dolphin
River dolphins are freshwater dolphins and porpoises of South American and Asian rivers, a paraphyletic group including the Amazon, Ganges, Indus, and extinct Yangtze (baiji) dolphins, mostly Endangered and threatened by dams, fishing, and pollution.