The river seems a lot turbulent to Victor (5)

I believe the answer is:

volta

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'the river' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a lot turbulent to victor' is the wordplay.
'turbulent' indicates an anagram.
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'lot'='alot'
'alot' anagrammed gives 'olta'.
'olta' after 'v' is 'VOLTA'.

'seems' is the link.

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