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The verb "rise" can be used to express the general region of a river's source, and is often qualified with an adverbial expression of place. For example:
- The River Thames rises in Gloucestershire.
- The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.
The word "source", when applied to lakes rather than rivers or streams, refers to the lake's inflow.
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