"Going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding." One dictionary cites this as the first definition of the word "transcendent." Rivers are transcendent, at least in an ordinary sense. The water flows from places beyond our sight, in the moment, at least, then flow beyond our sight again. The river exceeds our ability to take it all in. Of course, satellite technology allows seeing the whole thing, but we are then experiencing an image, not the thing itself. No one can see a whole river, while standing by it.
In that way, it is like the sea or sky, transcendent.
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