The invention discloses a river sand identification method, and belongs to the field of oil field reservoir stratum prediction. The method comprises that earthquake collection is carried out on a target work area containing river sand, earthquake data is obtained, and logging is carried out in the target work area to obtain logging data; the earthquake horizon is interpreted by means of the earthquake data, and the sand thickness, sedimentary facies and exploitation horizons are interpreted by means of the logging data; well-earthquake calibration is carried out by using the earthquake horizon, sand thickness, sedimentary facies and exploitation horizons, and a well-earthquake calibration result is obtained; spatial horizons of a sand group, a little layer and a sedimentary unit in the time domain are established according to the well-earthquake calibration result; the type of the sedimentary facies is obtained, the spatial horizons of the sand group, little layer and sedimentary unitare vertically combined according to the type of the sedimentary facies, and a framework model is obtained; and distribution characteristic of the river sand in the target work area is identified viathe framework model. Thus, the distribution characteristic of river sand in different thicknesses can be identified more accurately.