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The Tiber river in Rome near the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Italy. Rivers became more industrialized with the growth of technology and the human population. [19] As fish and water could be brought from elsewhere, and goods and people could be transported via railways, pre-industrial river uses diminished in favor of more complex uses. This meant that ...
American Rivers released a list of this year's 10 most endangered rivers, which includes many popular tourist destinations.
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
The Aguán River's watershed is one of seven watersheds in Honduras, [9] and covers over 1 million hectares (3,900 sq mi), of which around 200,000 are in the Aguán River Valley. [10] Cahabón River: Guatemala: 122 mi (196 km) known for white water rapids [11] Choluteca River: Honduras: 217 mi (349 km) noted for severe flooding in 1998 [12 ...
Rivers have been described as "the gutters down which run the ruins of continents". [9] Rivers are continuously eroding, transporting, and depositing substrate, sediment, and organic material. The continuous movement of water and entrained material creates a variety of habitats, including riffles, glides, and pools. [10]
The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in ...
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
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