• For the past three years, the group has visited Memphis, Tennessee, each spring to help clean up a harbor on the Mississippi River where the waters are thick with debris.

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  • Health and agricultural authorities in Shanghai said on Monday they were investigating any potential health impact from pigs found floating in the Huangpu River and nearby waters in recent days, as well as how they got there.

    WSJ: Floating, Dead Pigs Repulse Shanghai

  • The Loony Dook, the annual dip in the cold waters of the River Forth at South Queensferry, will also be held.

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  • Ciaran Jones, 25, had been off duty but got out of his car to direct traffic as rising waters in the River Liffey threatened to collapse a bridge.

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  • For thousands of years, the sitting figure of Ramses II watched over the Nil, till the construction of the Aswan dam threatened to drown the ancient temple under the waters of the river.

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  • Flood barriers at Blandford Forum on the River Stour were also closed as waters rose.

    BBC: Dorset weather: Wind and rain causes disruption

  • The latest round of fighting started as a spat over the waters of a small river in the eastern district of Trincomalee.

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  • Once or twice a week, Siu boarded the public ferry for an hour-long trip across the rolling gray waters of the Pearl River estuary.

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  • The main tensions were with Syria, which competed with Israel for the scarce waters of the Jordan river and supported raids on it by Palestinian guerrilla movements.

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  • Glen Canyon dam, which impounds the waters of the Colorado river, was opened for several days starting on March 4th in order to replenish the river's sediment levels.

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  • Behind him, seagulls fly past the picture window, tugboat horns sing, and the sun sets, casting a lavender glow over the shifting waters of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge above.

    BBC: New York City uncovered

  • Here, the Spruce Brook runs crystal clear into the brown, mineral-infused waters of the Wild River, forming a multitude of pools that are perfect for whiling away a summer day in the mountains.

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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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  • According to the journal discovered with his body, McCandless had tried to hike out after three months but had found his way blocked by the swollen waters of the Teklanika River, which had risen dramatically since he forded it on his way in.

    BBC: Journey into the Alaskan wild

  • Setting itself firmly in Mitteleuropa rather than the Balkans, the country has transformed its capital of Ljubljana into a pedestrianised, cafe-kissed oasis, where a collage of refurbished medieval, Baroque and Art Nouveau buildings shine as brightly as the shimmering waters of the Ljubljanica River.

    BBC: Epicurean Slovenia makes its mark

  • That's how witnesses described feeling after three people slipped into the foamy waters of the Big Sioux River, in the middle of a Sioux Falls park.

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  • In a nifty feat of geography, the warm, fresh waters of the Saguenay jet out atop the frigid, salt waters of the St Lawrence River, churning up massive volumes of krill.

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  • Everyday thousands of people bathe in the river with a fervent belief that the murky waters will wash away their sins.

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  • But the consequence is that as many as 4, 000 people, according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, could have their homes submerged as waters are funneled into the Atchafalaya River Basin, between that river and the Mississippi.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Those tours were on a 1.5-mile section in a 2, 000-acre park called the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, and the permits sold out in a matter of hours, denying large numbers of river lovers a legal chance to ply the waters.

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  • Situated on the banks of the Ganges River, Varanasi (formerly Benares) is visited by millions of Hindu pilgrims each year, most coming to cremate a deceased loved one and bathe themselves in the river's horrifically polluted but extremely holy waters.

    FORBES: Lifestyle Feature

  • Whether Apple can worry the waters of yet another tributary on the River Tech, notably for the first time without Steve "Midas" Jobs at the helm, remains to be seen.

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  • Cyclists start the ride on the banks of the Missouri River and end when they dip their wheels into the waters of the Mississippi.

    WSJ: Moveable Feast: This Cycling Tour Has Bikers on a Culinary Crusade

  • They have advanced to within 55 miles of Lake Michigan in the Illinois River, which connects with a shipping canal and other waters that reach Lake Michigan.

    NPR: Gov. Quinn Open To Great Lakes-Mississippi Split

  • The Wirral Waters scheme is planned for the opposite side of the River Mersey.

    BBC: Liverpool Waters development plans submitted

  • Tadcaster's bridge over the River Wharfe was due to be examined earlier, however divers were unable to enter the waters.

    BBC: Bridge at Tadcaster over the River Wharfe

  • Now, the nearly still waters of Nagasa Cove reflect the surrounding mountains, and nearby waterfalls feed the river at the back of the beach.

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  • The Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) focal area targets transboundary water systems, such as shared river basins, lakes, groundwater and large marine ecosystems.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • The inundation in the Far North Region has affected more than 26, 000, officials said Thursday, and in neighboring Nigeria at least 15 deaths are blamed on waters rushing into the country from Cameroon's compromised Lagdo Dam on the Benoue River.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • People traveled waters alternately treacherous and lazy on all sorts of flatboats, dodging snags and pirates amidst a sea of river traffic.

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