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:

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:

or, in short: