Frequently Asked Questions:

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New Users: Watch the Rivers.run Tutorial for an overview of rivers.run features

YouTube Tutorial

If you would like to add a new river, please fill out the writeup maker to the best of your ability, then press the button "Submit As New River Suggestion".
You can also email [email protected] telling us about the river you would like to be added.

If you would like permission to edit directly, approve edits, add rivers, and confirm river additions, please email [email protected].
If you are already an editor, follow the directions here.

YouTube Tutorial
All rivers and overviews have an "Edit this Overview/River" link that allows you to suggest changes. You can also email [email protected] telling us what you would like to be changed.
If you would like permission to edit directly, approve edits, add rivers, and confirm river additions, please email [email protected].

Just type in what you are looking for. The website will update results as you type.

Click the headers to sort. Currently, you may only sort by name, skill, rating, and flow.

Stripes on a river mean that the river has dam releases. A link to the release schedule should be included along with the stripes, although you will want to check to make sure that the release schedule is for the correct year.

Relative flows (Too low, low, too high, etc) are calculated using a logarithmic scale based off of a given minimum, maximum, and other optional values.
The values being used to calculate relative flows are shown above the graph.
If you would like to contribute flow range information (such as a minimum, a maximum, a mid flow, etc), refer to "How do I improve an existing river?" above.

Virtual gauges are gauges that are calculated based on other gauges. Virtual gauges are identified by the prefix "virtual:" in the name, which is located on the graph. If you would like to add a virtual gauge, please contact [email protected].

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You can access the repository on GitHub.

The Android app is identical to the website. The iOS app shares the vast majority of it's code with the website, so will behave similar, however using the app is recommended, as iOS Safari frequently causes problems with rivers.run.

Quality only shows up on larger screens (and smartwatches) - if you are on a phone, try rotating into landscape mode!

If are encountering issues, your browser may be too old. Here are the browsers that should work:

Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, Samsung Internet - Full support for non-horribly outdated versions.

Any Browser on iOS 8.4 (maybe lower). iOS 11.3 needed for offline support. Web push notifications not supported. Dark mode needs iOS 10. Below iOS 9, empty space appears between rivers on home page.

Opera Mini - Fails in extreme data saving mode. On the home page, the navigaton menu may lack styling, and the advanced search menu may be at the bottom of the page.


If you encounter issues while using a supported browser, please refer to "where can I contact you" below.

You can use the Feedback Form, or you can email me at [email protected]

rivers.run utilizes your browsers cache to store the contents of this site - So whenever rivers.run is in cache, you can visit it. If for any reason your cache is cleared, then you will be unable to visit rivers.run without internet until the cache is refilled on the next visit.
Don't worry about old content though - If rivers.run is using data more than 1 hour old, it will show very obvious warnings, and the site will update the cached data the next time it is loaded while online.

Note: Not all supported browsers have offline capabilities.

Do your search - the search url will be in both the url bar (javascript trickery...) and at the bottom of the advanced search menu.