Then we suddenly found ourselves in front of a small forest river

[Elenichka]

Hello! I'd like to ask you if this sentence sounds natural:


"Then we suddenly found ourselves in front of a small forest river".

Does it mean the same as:

Suddenly, we came upon some forest rivulet/brook.

 

[GoesStation]

It all works except for "forest river". That's a grammatical phrase, but I can't guess what it's supposed to mean.

 

[Elenichka]

I mean "a river in a forest"

 

[GoesStation]

I mean "a river in a forest"

I'd separate the ideas. For example, While walking in the forest, we suddenly found ourselves in front of a small river.

 

[Elenichka]

Thank you! How about this one:
Suddenly, we came upon some forest rivulet/brook.

 

[Rover_KE]

I see you asked the same question here.

"Please do not post the same question simultaneously to more than one forum. Doing so wastes our valuable time. Instead, post your question to one forum and wait for replies. If you're not satisfied with those replies, you can try another forum, but please indicate in your thread that you've already asked the same question elsewhere (provide a link), and outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already."
(teechar)

 

[Elenichka]

Oh, I'm very sorry. I didn't know about that and I didn't get an answer to my question there.

 

[teechar]

"Then we suddenly found ourselves in front of a small [STRIKE]forest[/STRIKE] river in that forest".

That can work.

 

[GoesStation]

How about this one:
Suddenly, we came upon some forest rivulet/brook.

Your reader will have no idea what a "forest river" or "forest brook" might be. Forget about that collocation.

 

[Tarheel]

Oh, I'm very sorry. I didn't know about that and I didn't get an answer to my question there.

But you did get an answer, and it was a good one.

Perhaps:

We were walking through the forest and suddenly came upon a creek we didn't know was there.

See?