Storms River was once the transport hub of a booming 18th-century lumber industry.

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But there are obstacles to making river travel a serious addition to mass transport.

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For Kisangani to reclaim its former glory as a transport hub, parts of the river would have to be dredged.

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The cliffs soar above the long narrow boats that transport goods and people to the outlying settlements along the river, the boatmen navigating treacherous looking rapids with nonchalant ease.

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Now it is mainly flowing into Shanghai and other parts of the Yangtze river delta, where technology-savvy workers are easier to find and transport to foreign and domestic markets is convenient.

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It spent most of its first 50 years operating in the waters of the Ruki River in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo where she was used to transport a mixture of hunters, mercenaries and cargo.

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If you've got a case of the bow legs, stop by Alamo Segcity to rent the impossibly cool modern mode of transport to explore the five miles of trails along the San Antonio River.

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The waterway, mainly built between 1813 and 1816, was the link between the River Wey in Surrey and the Arun in Sussex which made it possible to transport goods by water from London to the South Coast.

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"It is impossible to reconcile a maximum transport approach to salmon recovery with protection of the remaining diversity of salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake River basin, " the report notes.

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