I NEED HELP!!!!!

Hello! I`m a student from Russia! Now I'm making a research for my diploma and I really need your help. I appeal to Americans. PLEASE answer 4 my questions:

1. What sensations do you have when you hear or see the word “river”? (the answers can be: cold, pleasant)

2. How can you characterize river? (it can be: deep, shallow, fast, turbulent, flows)

3. What picture do you have in your mind when you hear or see this word? Please describe it. (the answers can be: water, stones, bridges, picnics on the bank, to swim, river of tears)

4. Finish the sentence: river is…(it can be: body of water)

Please write your age, gender, occupation/major at school.