Chap is terrible bore about river temperature (6)
I believe the answer is:
robert
'chap' is the definition.
'terrible bore about river temperature' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'river' becomes 'r'.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'bore' is an anagram of 'ober'.
'r'+'t'='rt'
'ober' going within 'rt' is 'ROBERT'.
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for robert that I've seen before include "-- Browning, English poet" , "See 22" , "Name of three Scottish kings" , "-- the Bruce" , "Victorian premier" .)