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River Parrett The River Parrett has its source in the springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset in England and flows west through the Somerset Levels to its mouth in the Bristol Channel at Burnham on Sea a town on the edge of Bridgwater Bay, an important Nature Reserve.
River Piddle The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises next to Alton Pancras church (Alton Pancras was originally named Awultune, a Saxon name meaning the village at the source of a river) and flows south and then south-easterly more or less parallel with its bigger neighbour, the River Frome, to Wareham, where they both enter Poole Harbour via Wareham Channel.
River Point, Rhode Island Riverpoint in West Warwick, United States, is a community made up of mill houses and three mills. Two are now (2006) being rehabilitated as condominimums and office projects and the third is still manufacturing high quality hand soap.
River Poulter The River Poulter is a tributary river of the River Idle in Nottinghamshire. It has been dammed in order to create several ornamental lakes for the Dukeries estates of Welbeck Abbey and Clumber House now the National Trust property of Clumber Park.
River Quaggy The River Quaggy (often the Quaggy River or simply Quaggy) is an urban river, 17 km in length, passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham. Known as the Kyd Brook (Kidbrooke) in its upper reaches, it rises at Locksbottom, west of Orpington, with a secondary source on Bromley Common, then flows northwards through Chinbrook Meadows in Grove Park, through Lee to Lewisham where it joins the River Ravensbourne next to Lewisham station.
River reclamation The construction of new buildings and new roads accelerates the discharge of surface water runoff and raises flood peaks in the lower reachers of river catchments. River banks therefore have to be raised and flood channels have to be constructed.
River redhorse The river redhorse, Moxostoma carinatum, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. It is typically found in clear, large creeks and rivers, though it is sometimes also found in lakes.
River Raid River Raid is a scrolling shooter videogame and was released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later the Atari_8-bit, C64, ZX Spectrum,and MSX. The player controls an airplane in a top-down view over a river and gets points for shooting down enemy planes, helicopters, ships and balloons.
River Rea The River Rea (pronounced "ray") is a small river which passes through Birmingham, England. The name of the river derives from a root found in many Indo-European languages and means "to run" or "to flow".
River Rhythms, Milwaukee, Wisconsin River Rhythms is a free outdoor music concert series held annually at Pere Marquette Park along the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It takes place Wednesday evenings from June through September and showcases a wide variety of music entertainment.
River Rib The River Rib originates near the East Hertfordshire village of Buckland and runs parallel with the A10 through Buntingford, Puckeridge and Standon until it reaches it's confluence with the River Lea near Hertford.
River Ridge High School (Washington) River Ridge High School is a grade 9-12 school located in Lacey, Washington and is the youngest high school of the North Thurston Public Schools opposite North Thurston High School and Timberline High School. River Ridge's administration team includes Mr.
River Rise Preserve State Park River Rise Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, located six miles north of High Springs, off US 441 within O'Leno State Park. The name derives from it being where the Santa Fe River comes to the surface after having travelled underground for some distance beneath O'Leno State Park.
River Rother (Eastern) The River Rother (originally named "Limen"), at 35 miles (56km), is one of the longest rivers in East Sussex, England. Its source is near Rotherfield (East Sussex), and its mouth is at Rye, East Sussex on the English Channel coast.
River Rother (Western) The River Rother is a river which flows for thirty miles from Empshott in Hampshire to Stopham in West Sussex, where it joins the River Arun. It should not be confused with the River Rother (Eastern), in East Sussex.
River Rouge (Michigan) The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a heavily polluted river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit.
River Rouge Plant The River Rouge Plant (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan at the confluence of the Rouge and Detroit rivers and Zug island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928 it had become the largest integrated factory in the world.
River Ryburn The River Ryburn flows roughly eastwards from the Pennines through West Yorkshire, England. It flows through the villages of Rishworth, Ripponden and Triangle before flowing into the River Calder at Sowerby Bridge.
River Rye (Yorkshire) The River Rye is a river in the English county of North Yorkshire. It rises just south of the Cleveland Hills, east of Osmotherley, and flows through Hawnby, Rievaulx, Helmsley, Nunnington, West Ness, Butterwick, Brawby, and Ryton, before joining the River Derwent near Malton.
River shark The river sharks are six (three to be formally described) rare species of shark in the genus Glyphis, although, due to their secretive habits, other species could easily remain undiscovered. The river sharks are members of the family Carcharhinidae, and thus share the basic characteristics of the group.
River Severn The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) is the longest British river, at 354 kilometres (220 miles). It rises at an altitude of 610 metres on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales, and it passes through a number of English counties, with the county towns of Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester located on its banks.
River Sgitheach River Sgitheach (Scottish Gaelic Abhainn Sgitheach, "Hawthorn River") (OS: NH5162) is a river in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It rises on the southern slopes of Ben Wyvis, passes through Strath Sgitheach, Clare plantation and the village of Evanton, and after about 13 miles empties into the Cromarty Firth near the ruin of the old Kiltearn parish church.
River Shannon The River Shannon (Irish: Sionainn, altenatively Sionna), Ireland's longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connacht) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). The river has been an important waterway since antiquity.
River Slaney The Slaney (Abhainn na Slaine in Irish) is a river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows south and then east through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford, before entering St.
River Song (Dennis Wilson song) "River Song" is a song written by Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson for Dennis Wilson's 1977 solo album Pacific Ocean Blue. The song was released as a single in Europe with the B-side being "Farewell My Friend".
River Spodden The River Spodden is a watercourse in north west England. Rising in the Lancashire Pennine hills above Whitworth and proceeds south through Healey Dell and on to Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where the river merges with the River Roch.
River Stiffkey The River Stiffkey is a chalkstream running through an area of north Norfolk, England from its source near Swanton Novers to flow out into the North Sea on the north Norfolk coast near the town of Stiffkey. The river has been dredged historically, presumably for agricultural purposes, and has a self-sustaining population of brown trout.
River Stour Trust The River Stour Trust is a waterway restoration group on the River Stour, Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1968 and has, so far, restored the Gasworks Cut and the 19th century Granary Building which has become the headquarters for the Trust.
River Sullane The River Sullane runs from the mountains between County Cork and County Kerry in Southern Ireland. It runs through the centre of Macroom, to which it provides drinking water (and occasionally floods), joins the River Launa one kilometre east of the town before joining the River Lee a further kilometre east.
River Swale The River Swale is a river in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. The name Swale is Anglo-Saxon and means "swilling, fast flowing".
River trekking River trekking or river tracing is a form of hiking or outdoor adventure activity, particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and, in some ways, similar to canyoning or canyoneering. River trekking is a combination of trekking and climbing and sometimes swimming along the river.
River Tamar The Tamar is a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). At its mouth, the Tamar flows into the Hamoaze where it joins with the River Lynher before entering Plymouth Sound.
River Tame, Greater Manchester The River Tame is a river in the north west of England. It rises on Denshaw Moor near the West Yorkshire/Greater Manchester border, and flows south through Delph, Uppermill, Mossley, Stalybridge, Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Denton and Hyde.
River Tame, West Midlands The River Tame flows from the Black Country, through north Birmingham, past Tamworth (which takes its name from the river), and into the River Trent near Alrewas. The name derives from the Celtic language, and is usually thought to mean "dark" or "slow moving",
River Taw River Taw rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor. It reaches the Bristol Channel 45 miles away on the north coast of Devon at a joint estuary mouth which it shares with the River Torridge.
River Tâf The River Tâf rises in the Preseli Hills of North Pembrokeshire, near the village of Crymych. Water drains from high ground above the village, and at one time flowed at ground level across the main Cardigan-Tenby road (A478) before falling to the level of the defunct Whitland-Cardigan Railway station "Crymmych (sic) Arms"(GWR) where, on the UK Ordnance Survey map of 1866 it is shown as the Source of the Taf.
River Teifi The River Teifi (Welsh: Afon Teifi) is a river in West Wales flowing into the sea below Cardigan town. The catchment of the river is estimated to be 1,008 square kilometres yielding an average flow at Glan Teifi of 31.
River Teme The River Teme rises in mid-Wales south of Newtown, Powys and flows through Ludlow in Shropshire, then between Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire and Burford, Shropshire on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. The whole of the River Teme was designated as an SSSI, by English Nature, in 1996.
River Test The River Test is a river in Hampshire, England. The river has a total length of 40 miles (64 km) and it flows through some beautiful downland from its source near Basingstoke to the sea at the head of Southampton Water.
River Teviot A river of the Scottish Borders, the River Teviot rises in the western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway. It flows northeastwards through Teviotdale and past Teviothead, Hawick and Roxburgh before joining the River Tweed to the southwest of Kelso.
River Thames whale The River Thames Whale was a juvenile female Northern Bottlenose whale which was discovered swimming in the River Thames in central London on Friday 20 January 2006. According to the BBC, it was five metres long and weighed about seven tonnes.
River Thurso The River Thurso has Loch Rumsdale in Caithness as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the burgh of Thurso, Caithness, and about 2 kilometres south of the railway line linking the burghs of Thurso and Wick with Inverness. At its source and until it reaches Loch More the river is known also as Strathmore Water.
River Tigris (constellation) River Tigris or Tigris (named after the Tigris river) was a constellation, invented by Jakob Bartsch in the 17th century (or by Petrus Plancius). One end was near the shoulder of Ophiuchus and the other was near Pegasus, and in between it passed through the area now occupied by Vulpecula, flowing between Cygnus and Aquila.
River Towy rail crash On 19 October 1987, four people died when the 05:27 passenger train from Swansea to Shrewsbury fell into the River Towy near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. The accident was caused by a bridge being washed away by the swollen river.
River Truro The Truro River is a river near to the city of Truro in Cornwall, England, UK. It is the product of the convergence of the two rivers named Kenwyn and Allen, which run under the city and flow out into the Carrick Roads.
River Tummel The River Tummel is a river in Perthshire, Scotland. Discharging from Loch Rannoch, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the southeast, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of 58 miles from its source in Stob Ghabbar (3565 ft.
River Tyne, Scotland The River Tyne in Scotland is a river which rises in Midlothian near Tynehead to the south of Edinburgh, flows through Haddington and East Linton in East Lothian, and into the North Sea at Belhaven and Dunbar, at a bay named Tyne Mouth.
River Usk The River Usk, Afon Wysg in Welsh, rises in the mountains of mid-Wales then flows south-east through Abergavenny and the eponymous town of Usk to the Roman legionary fortress of Caerleon and the Bristol Channel at Newport.
River Valley High School (Yuba City, California) River Valley High School (RVHS), located in Yuba City, California, is a high school established in 2005. In its first year of operation, it served only Freshmen and Sophomores, but for the 06-07 year, it will have Juniors as well.
River Valley Primary School River Valley Primary School in Singapore was established in 1985 when three primary schools, River Valley Chinese, River Valley English and Kim Seng merged to form one school with a pupil enrolment of 1700. However, the pupil enrolment steadily declined to 1260 in 1995 due to demographic changes and lack of facilities.
River Ver The River Ver is a river in Hertfordshire. The river begins in the grounds of Markyate Cell, and flows south for 12 miles (20 km) alongside Watling Street through Flamstead, Redbourn, St Albans and Park Street, and joins the River Colne at Bricket Wood.
River Wallington The River Wallington is a small river in south Hampshire. Rising close to Waterlooville the river flows westerly around Portsdown Hill through the village of Southwick (where the river has been dammed to form the ornamental lake in the grounds of Southwick House), past Fareham, before entering Portsmouth Harbour at Wallington.
River Waring The River Waring is a small river in Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the River Bain. The Waring rises in the parish of Belchford and runs through Belchford village, passing between the villages of Fulletby, West Ashby and Low Toynton before arriving at Horncastle, where it divides Horncastle market place from the part of the town known as Cagthorpe.
River Wear The River Wear (pronounced ) is a river in North East England. The river rises at Wearhead in County Durham, and meanders through Weardale passing through the market town of Stanhope, which is famous for the ford across the river, and on through Washington.
River Weaver The River Weaver is a watercourse running a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, England. From its source in the hills of west Cheshire near Peckforton Castle, it initially flows in a south-easterly direction towards the border with Shropshire, fed by tributaries some of which rise in north Shropshire.
River Welland The River Welland is a river in the east of England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called "South Holland" for thousands of years. It rises near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, then flows eastwards to Ketton, Stamford, The Deepings, Crowland, Cowbit and Spalding, then into The Wash at Fosdyke Bridge.
River Westend The River Westend flows through the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Its source is at Bleaklow Stones on Bleaklow, from where it flows south east into a western arm of the Howden Reservoir.
River Witham The River Witham is a river, almost entirely in Lincolnshire, in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham, at SK8818, passes Lincoln at SK9771 and at Boston, TF3244, flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash.
River Yarrow (Lancashire) The River Yarrow is in Lancashire, with its source at an area called Will Narr at Hordern Stoops, along Spitlers Edge - the Chorley/Blackburn boundary - on the West Pennine Moors. The river feeds the Yarrow Reservoir, which in turn feeds the three reservoirs at Rivington and Anglezarke.
River, Kent River is a village in Kent, England, United Kingdom, situated between the historic town of Dover and the neighbouring village of Temple Ewell. "Village" is a somewhat loose term for River; it is a community of several thousand and is probably more usefully regarded as a suburb of Dover.
Rivera Rivera is the capital of the department of Rivera in Uruguay with a population of 64,426 (2004 census). Rivera is located exactly on the border with Brazil, and with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, right across the border line, just a street away, it forms an international city of 200.
Rivera and Walpole In 1965 Antonio Rivera and Merla Walpole were unable to support their seriously ill three-year-old daughter, Judy Rivera, and abandoned her at a distant San Francisco gas station in the hope that she would receive better care. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the finding of the little girl the next day.
Riverbed Technology Riverbed Technology, Inc. is a company dealing in wide area data services (WDS), a fast-growing product category that attempts to solve the problems of latency and bandwidth that plague a wide variety of applications over distributed networks.
Riverbend (blogger) Riverbend is the pseudonymous author of the blog Baghdad Burning, launched August 17, 2003. Riverbend's identity is carefully hidden, but the weblog entries suggest that Riverbend is a young, unmarried Iraqi woman, from a mixed Shia and Sunni family, living with her parents and brother in Baghdad.
Riverbend Festival The Riverbend Festival is an annual music festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Named for the bend in the Tennessee River on which Chattanooga is built, the festival features a wide array of performers representing different musical genres on various stages set up around the downtown area.
Riverboarding Riverboarding is a boardsport in which the participant is prone on the board with fins on his/her feet for propulsion and steering. Riverboarding includes recreational and rescue practice of using a high-flotation riverboard, designed for buoyancy in highly aerated water.
Riverboat A riverboat is a specialized watercraft (vessel) designed for operating on inland waterways. While a ferryboat is often used to cross a river, a riverboat is used to traverse it, while carrying passengers and/or cargo for revenue.
Riverdale Centre Riverdale Centre or occasionally Lewisham Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in Lewisham, London, United Kingdom. The centre has seen a 7% rise in footfall since the Docklands Light Railway extention came to Lewisham.
Riverdale High School (Florida) Riverdale High School, located in Fort Myers, Florida, is one of the many high schools in Lee County. Other schools in Lee County include: Fort Myers Senior High School, North Fort Myers High School, Lehigh High School, and Dunbar High School.
Riverdale North Riverdale North is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It, along with Riverdale South, make up the subdivision of Whitehorse called Riverdale.
Riverdale Park (Toronto) Riverdale Park is a large park spanning the Lower Don River, Toronto, Ontario, Canada between Cabbagetown to the west and Broadview Avenue in Riverdale to the east. Recreational fields for soccer, baseball, and Ultimate are available on both sides of the river with a swimming pool, tennis courts and outdoor hockey rink to the northeast, as well as a running track in the centre.
Riverdale Road Covered Bridge Riverdale Road Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the Grand River in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 15 drivable bridges in the county, is a single span Town truss design.
Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It, along with Riverdale North, make up the subdivision of Whitehorse called Riverdale.
Riverdale, Little Rock, Arkansas Located adjacent to the Arkansas River, Riverdale is a neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas situated in the north-central area of the city. It lies to the northeast and at a lower elevation from Pulaski Heights, and to the northwest of downtown.
Riverense Portuñol language The Riverense Portuñol or Riverense Portunhol, also known as Fronterizo or Fronteiriço is a mixed language (linguasphere language code 51-AAA-am formed from Portuguese] and [[Spanish language|Spanish. It is spoken on the border between Uruguay and Brazil, and more specifically in the region of the twin cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil).
Riverfenix (album) Riverfenix is the first full-length album by Riverfenix, released on December 16 1997 on Drive-Thru Records. It was later re-released (with some changes) by MCA and Drive-Thru Records, when Riverfenix was forced to change their name, as the self-titled debut album of Fenix*TX.
Riverfestival Riverfestival, which began in 1998, is a week-long festival held in September each year at South Bank Parklands and surrounding areas (including the Victoria Bridge), to celebrate the Brisbane River. It is the major festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Riverfront Arts Centre The Riverfront Arts Centre (often just referred to as The Riverfront or in ) is the principal and newest theatre in the city of Newport, South Wales. It is located on the bank of the River Usk on the Bristol Packet Wharf in the city centre.
Riverfront Bike Trail The Riverfront Bike Trail is Windsor's Crown Jewel, and the current backbone of the bike trail network. The bike trail travels from the foot of the Ambassador Bridge (at Peter Street and Huron Church Road), to traffic lights at Riverside Drive (Windsor, Ontario)|Riverside Drive]] and Lincoln Avenue (continuing as bike lanes to George Avenue and Wyandotte Street, for a total distance of 8.
Riverfront Tower II Riverfront Tower II is a luxury high rise residential skyscraper on 200 Riverfront Drive in downtown Detroit, Michigan with 280 units on the Detroit River. It offers spectacular views of the Windsor, Ontario skyline.
Riverfront Tower III Riverfront Tower III is a luxury high rise residential skyscraper on 300 Riverfront Drive in downtown Detroit, Michigan with 275 units on the Detroit River. It offers spectacular views of the Windsor, Ontario skyline.
Riverhead, Kent Riverhead, a one-time village and now part of the built-up area to the north of the town of Sevenoaks, is also a civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish has a population of c 2500.
Riverhead, New Zealand Riverhead is a small, historically predominantely working-class town located by Waitemata Harbour, north of Auckland, New Zealand. The region around Riverhead and the neighbouring towns of Kumeu and Huapai is known for its vineyards.
Riverchase Galleria Riverchase Galleria is a large super–regional shopping mall in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover. The center is Alabama's largest enclosed shopping center, as well as one of the state's most popular tourist attractions, second only to the Alabama Gulf Coast beaches.
Riverina Football League The Riverina Football League is an Australian rules football competition containing eight clubs in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The league is affiliated with the AFL NSW/ACT and is run by the Southern NSW AFL, who also administer the Farrer Football League The league was formed in 1982 at the direction of the Victorian Country Football League to foster development of the game in the region, however many of the member clubs date back to the 1880's.
Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy The Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy (), better known as the Pinsk Flotilla, was the inland branch of the Polish naval forces operating on Vistula river and the Pinsk Marshes area between the Polish-Bolshevik War and the World War II. Under the command of Cmdr.
Riverkeeper Riverkeeper is an environmental non-profit dedicated to the protection of the Hudson River and its tributaries, as well as the watersheds that provide New York City with its drinking water. It was the first "keeper" to be founded; today, there are over 150 "keepers" around the globe, all members of the Waterkeeper Alliance umbrella organization.
Rivermark of Santa Clara Rivermark of Santa Clara is a master planned community in Santa Clara, California built on a 152 acre parcel formerly used by Agnews Developmental Center and owned by the State of California. The new community is comprised of retail space, parks, a new library, a new elementary school, apartments (including low income housing), condominiums, townhouses, and houses (detached single family homes).
Rivermaya Rivermaya is a Filipino pop/rock band formed in 1993. Having won the Favorite Artist Philippines award at the MTV Asia Awards in 2005, they received their second award of the same title at the 2006 awards night held at Bangkok, Thailand.
RiverPlace Condominiums RiverPlace Condominiums is a residential tower that is proposed to be built on the Baton Rouge Riverfront and currently in the design phase, but is expected to reach groundbreaking this year. When built, it will effectively become the tallest building in the I-10 corridor from New Orleans to Houston, ending the Louisiana State Capitol building's 74 year reign over the city's skyline.
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law. The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters of the United States without a permit; this specific provision is known as the Refuse Act.
Rivers and Tides Rivers and Tides (2001) is a documentary by filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about British artist Andy Goldsworthy, who creates intricate and ephemeral sculptures from natural materials such as rocks, leaves, flowers, and icicles.
Rivers Access Campaign The Rivers Access Campaign is being undertaken by the British Canoe Union (BCU) to open up the inland water-ways in England and Wales on behalf of members of the public. Under current UK law public access to rivers is restricted, and only 2% of all rivers in England and Wales have public access rights.
Rivers Foundation (Canada) The Rivers Foundation (Canada) (Fondation Rivières) is a Québécois environmental organization created on 26 November 2002 "to preserve the rivers threatened by electric dam projects, pollution, privatisation and various economic interests. The Foundation's mission is to protect this priceless collective resource.
Rivers Inlet Rivers Inlet is a fjord in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, its entrance from the Dean Channel near that fjord's mouth, about 125 km southwest of the community of Bella Coola and about 65 km north of the northern tip of Vancouver Island and the western entrance of the Queen Charlotte Strait.
Rivers of Honduras Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those which it shares with its neighbours. The most important river in Honduras is the UlĂşa, which flows 400 kilometers to the Caribbean through the economically important Valle de Sula.
Rivers of Hong Kong The location of Hong Kong, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major rivers in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced by Pearl River. In 1,103 km² of land, the territory is largely hilly with over 200 islands.
Rivers of Japan Rivers of Japan are characterized by their relatively short lengths and considerably steep gradients due to the narrow and mountainous topography of the country. An often-cited quote is 'this is not a river, but a waterfall' by the Dutch engineer (o-yatoi gaikokujin) Johannis de Rijke who had visited the Joganji River, Toyama Prefecture.
Rivers of Joy (song) "Rivers of Joy" is a pop-dance song written by Swedish composer duo Petterson & Haze (Niklas Pettersson and Hans Andersson) for the No Angels' debut studio album Elle'ments (2001). It was produced by Peter Ries and received a positive reception from music critics.
Rivers-Manning Trade The Rivers-Manning Trade was a NFL trade that occurred on the first day of the 2004 NFL Draft. The trade sent the right to sign Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning to New York Giants, and the right to sign North Carolina State University quarterback Philip Rivers to the San Diego Chargers, in addition to several additional draft picks.

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