What river/which river is this?

[Banglardon]

Hi there, do the following three sentences mean the same?


1- What river is this?

2- Which river is this?

2- What is the name of this river?

 

[Tarheel]

Hi there, do the following three sentences mean the same?


1- What river is this?

2- Which river is this?

3- What is the name of this river?

The answer to #3 should tell you everything you need to know.

 

[GoesStation]

1- What river is this?

2- Which river is this?

3- What is the name of this river?

Number one and three mean essentially the same thing. Number two means you have previously mentioned some rivers by name and the river you're asking about is one of them.