river dolphin
Noun
Meaning
any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia
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dolphin
endangered species
marine mammal
aquatic mammal
marine creature
toothed whale
finless porpoise
Chinese white dolphin
Indus River dolphin
brackish water porpoise
coastal porpoise
freshwater porpoise
neophocaena asiaeorientalis
oceanic porpoise
porpoise family
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It has been argued that the extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin was a result of the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, a project that has affected many species of animals and plant life found only in the gorges area.
River dolphin species live exclusively in fresh water.