Blocked off on its northern, western, and southern sides by rivers and mountains, it would moreover be a mere 14 miles distant from the official Pakistan border a porous boundary that meant little to the insurgents who regularly crossed it to kill Americans and Afghan government officials before taking refuge in caves or in the mountains or returning to their haven across the border.

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The twin pipelines that will deliver the oil and gas to the island's southern tip cross around 1, 000 rivers and streams, many of which are used by spawning salmon.

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The worst affected areas are in the southern Gaza province, where a number of rivers are currently above crisis levels.

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The IPCC asserted in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 due to global warming, prompting great alarm across southern and eastern Asia, where glaciers feed major rivers.

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In southern states you'll find "noodlers"--men and women who submerge themselves in rivers and stick their arms into holes they believe (hope?) are occupied by golden-retriever-size catfish.

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