When talking about Palestine, the speaker is referring to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that includes the Jewish state of Israel and the Palestinian lands of the West Bank and Gaza.
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He defines Asia broadly, as bordering with Europe at the Aegean Sea and Africa at the River Nile.
During a brief recess, Christian's parents paused at a window near the hearing room in this shipyard town, their arms around each other, looking across the Elizabeth River flowing toward the sea.
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Flood water is pumped into the River Tone then carried to the River Parrett and into the sea.
Anglers say they continue to have concerns about the impact of the Tees Barrage on stocks of salmon and sea trout in the river.
An extension of the Forth and Clyde Canal is also being built, along with a new sea lock on the River Carron.
The spawning habits of the eel is the exact opposite of the other migratory river users - the salmon and the sea-trout which migrate upstream to spawn.
The dramatic Hollyford Track starts in the midst of lowland forest, crossing mountain streams and passing pretty waterfalls as it follows the broad Hollyford River valley all the way to the sea at Martins Bay.
On Dangar Island, located near the mouth of the river where the Hawkesbury meets the Tasman Sea, there are no cars.
The flow from the source of the Pearl River, which empties into the South China Sea near Hong Kong and Macau, has been reduced to a trickle from a waterfall.
"So long as the Mississippi River flows to the sea, we will never forget your generosity, " she said.
Just before Christmas the unseasonably heavy rains near Malindi town washed a family of hippopotamuses down the Sabaki River and out to sea.
He was surprised to find that most salmon do not die as they leave the river and enter the sea, as previously believed.
Tidal currents exceed 12 knots at times, creating tidal rapids with massive whirlpools that can make the sea look more like a raging river.
South of the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River Valley has gorgeous views of the Galilee Mountains and is truly one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
Part of the somewhat neglected southern stretch of Kafue National Park, though, is dominated by Lake Itezhi-Tezhi, an inland sea created by the dammed Kafue River that has given rise to superbly scenic, land- and water-based wildlife-watching experiences.
In East Sussex, the EA wants to maintain defences along the River Ouse and coastline between Newhaven and Seaford as sea levels rise.
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The Environment Agency wants to maintain defences along the River Ouse and coastline between Newhaven and Seaford as sea levels rise.
The young eels, called glass eels when they are at sea, are then carried by the Gulf Stream and reach river systems across Europe.
The Environment Agency said that during periods of high tide, high river levels would be unable to discharge into the sea, which was likely to lead to localised flooding at Surfleet reservoir.
The survivors floated down the Amur, wintered at the river's mouth and in the spring turned north into the Sea of Okhotsk.
Macau sits on a horn of rocky coastline, where the Pearl River washes into the South China Sea.
Inner tubes can be hired in Palomino, and after an hour or two of floating, just before the cool river spits you into the warmer sea, there is a rope on the right side that you can use to do your best Tarzan flip into the water.
Then the second phase: Discovery, where we push a little more and venture out more into the world: exercises classes prepare the body and the mind for such activities as river or sea kayaking, boogie or surf, zip-lining, stand-up paddle, to go beyond our fears.
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Near Glynde, I crossed the Ouse: the river mucky-banked, beginning to loop as it neared its floodplain and the sea.
There are dams all around the country, guarding all main river estuaries and sea inlets.
And along the mountain river in Olympos that falls into the sea, there are remains of Roman baths from the 5th Century BC.
Last season the River Erriff yielded 320 salmon and 284 sea trout.
In the Mekong River Delta, for instance, the sea level rising by 2 meters (6.5 feet) could mean the loss of millions of acres of agricultural land, reducing it by half, Ehrhart said.
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