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The river was originally named Bakká, "Bank River", and then a farm nearby was named Bakkárholt, "Bank River Hill". The river was then later renamed after the farm as Bakkárholtsá, which translates to "Bank River Hill River" [4] Most river names in the Sundanese portion of Indonesia start with the prefix ci-, which is Sundanese for "river".
The river is best known for the Tahquamenon Falls, a succession of two waterfalls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park totalling approximately 73 feet (22 m) in height. Because the headwaters of the river are located in a boreal wetland that is rich in cedar, spruce and hemlock trees, the river's waters carry a significant amount of tannin in solution (i.e., it is a blackwater river), and are often ...
Valley – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Vale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Wadi – River valley, especially a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain; Waterfall – A point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop
Verdi Lake in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), [2] but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their ...
The Trough, photographed on July 3, 2016. The Trough is a 6-mile long wooded gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River (SBPR) and situated in the Allegheny Mountains of Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, US. The area was the site of a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War, known as the "Battle of the Trough".
Lac La Biche, Plamondon, Barnegat, Owl River Lac La Biche ( / ˌ l æ k l ə ˈ b ɪ ʃ / LAK lə BISH ) is a large lake in north-central Alberta , Canada. It is located along the Northern Woods and Water Route , 95 km east of Athabasca .
Taken Oct. 13, 2022, near the Pit River Bridge, the photo shows the lake when it was 32% full. Another photo, taken in the same area on May 9, shows the results of two wet winters.
The Pemigewasset River / ˌ p ɛ m ɪ dʒ ə ˈ w ɑː s ɪ t /, known locally as "The Pemi", is a river in the state of New Hampshire, the United States.It is 65.0 miles (104.6 km) in length and (with its tributaries) drains approximately 1,021 square miles (2,644 km 2). [1]