Template:River index/doc

This is the {{River index}} or river index article template.

It can be used to mark a page as a set index article about rivers. A river index article lists multiple rivers, preferably with a description of their location and length.

This template is usually placed at the bottom of the page and adds the page to Category:Set index articles on rivers.

Usage

This template can be used without any parameters like this:

{{River index}}

Editors may want to control how the page is sorted in Category:Set index articles on rivers. This is accomplished by adding the sort key as the "name=" parameter.
For example, List of streams named Fish Creek is sorted using:

{{River index|name=Fish}}

or, in short:

{{River index|Fish}}

See also

• {{Set index article}} – The generic set index article message box.
• {{Disambiguation}} – The generic disambiguation message box.
• Category:Set index article templates - Other set index article message boxes.
• Wikipedia:Set index articles – This editing guideline explains set index articles.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation