That cold current is the reason why Peru's coastal plain is a desert (whose soil can be made fertile when irrigated by the waters of rivers rushing down from the Andes).

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Pilgrims believe that by attending the festival and bathing in the waters of the rivers that run through Allahabad or the other host cities, they will cleanse away their sins and bring salvation.

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Huge quantities of gypsum and chemical fertilisers have been added to the waters of the Marcal and Raba rivers.

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By means of canals and huge concrete aquaducts, they took the rivers' waters to irrigate vast areas of cotton.

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Hundreds of people also take boat rides every day into the middle of the waters, where the two rivers meet.

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Experts estimate that 3, 000 Atlantic salmon currently are having difficulty moving up the Ettrick and Yarrow Waters because of an inadequate flow in the rivers.

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For decades, federal law only covered waters deemed navigable under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.

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The 55-acre South Island parcel sat on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, whose waters come from glacial-melt rivers originating in Fiordland National Park.

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