Williamson sits along the Tug Fork River in a part of the state long associated with violence.

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Perched along the Roaring Fork River, the picturesque city promises a whole lot more of your favourite things than just raindrops on roses.

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"This could cause a flood that could generate a mudflow down the flanks of the volcano, into the North Fork Toutle River, " Dr Major added.

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The East Fork White River is important habitat for two fish, both federally listed as threatened: the loach minnow and Apache trout, an important sport fish.

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Assign each group one of the following rivers on the top 13 list: Missouri River, Canning River, Eel River, Hudson River, Powder River, Mississippi River, Big Sandy River, Snoqualmie River, Animas River, East Fork Lewis, Paine Run, Hackensack River and Catawba River.

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Tucked between the Castle and Little Belt mountain ranges, the ranch has 9, 000 deeded acres, five reservoirs, 3 miles of the trout-rich North Fork of the Musselshell River, and antelope, deer and elk that roam the mix of bald hills and stands of Douglas fir and ponderosa pines.

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On the Lake Fork of the Gunnison river, not far from the Taylor drama, one rafting company was hit with a civil trespass suit in 2001, but went out of business before the courts could resolve it. (A fence now runs across the water on the Lake Fork.) And what about all the times that rafters get stuck on the rocks?

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During Hull's teenage years in the Upper Cumberland hills, he often "ran the river" with Allen Gore, floating logs down the Caney Fork and Cumberland toward Nashville and taking a steamboat back.

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