Near Forestville is the confluence of the Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek with the Russian River.

Near the confluence of Elk and Mores Creeks, its plentiful water supply allowed it to outgrow the other nearby camps in the basin, such as Placerville, Pioneerville, and Centerville.

Near the former confluence was an area that was slightly more elevated than the surroundings, a natural levee, which-in an area that is prone to flooding-made it an attractive location for settlement.

Near the confluence of what is now the Colorado and Gila Rivers he learned from the natives that Alarcon had departed, but had left a cache of supplies and correspondence, which he located.

Near the mouth of the river and its confluence with the James River, State Route 5 crosses the river on the Judith Stewart Dresser Bridge, a fixed-span bridge between Charles City County and James City County built in 2009.

Near its confluence with the South Fork it then turns west and rushes through a gorge in which it drops over the North Fork Falls, a powerful plunge at least high.

Near the confluence with the Columbia River the Lewis River is joined by the East Fork Lewis River.

Near Eindhoven, the Gender originally flowed just north of the medieval city walls to end in confluence with the Dommel stream, but during the Middle Ages its course was diverted southward through the city centre, to provide the city with freshwater supplies and fire-extinguishing means.

Near Cumnock, at the confluence of Guelt and Glenmuir Waters, lie the ruins of the 15th century Kyle Castle.

Near the confluence of the Murray River with Lake Alexandrina is Murungun ( Mason's Hill ), home to a bunyip called Muldjewangk.

Near the confluence of Maribyrnong River and Steele Creek at Essendon West the path becomes concrete and follows Steele creek inland before winding up the hillside to the top of the plateau at Lily St for outstanding views of the Maribyrnong River and the skyscrapers of the Melbourne CBD in the distance.

Near the confluence there is a hydro-electric station, and the associated abandoned settlement of La Cebadilla, built to house the workers.

Near the town of Takshay is the confluence with the west flowing Hara Chhu.

Near the confluence of the Harts and Vaal Rivers at Delportshoop a major irrigation system, the Vaal-Harts Scheme was set up in 1933 as part of the national reconstruction effort after the Depression.

The Chicago River is the south border ( right ) of the Near North Side, Chicago | Near North Side and Streeterville and the north border ( left ) of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center ( from Lake Shore Drive's Link Bridge with Trump International Hotel and Tower ( Chicago ) | Trump International Hotel and Tower at jog in the river in the center )

The Near West Side holds the University of Illinois at Chicago and television production company of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios.

The Wrigley Building ( 400-410 North Michigan Avenue, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois ) is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower on the Magnificent Mile.

Near Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois at 1235 feet, Scales Mound is said to be " At the Top of Illinois ".

When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart ( or the Merch Mart, or the Mart ), located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States, was the largest building in the world with of floor space.

Near modern Utica in LaSalle County, Illinois, across from Starved Rock, they met the Kaskaskia at the Grand Village of the Illinois ( now a State Historic Site, also known as the Zimmerman Site ).

2009 view from Lake Shore Drive of Chicago River, the south border ( right ) of the Near North Side, Chicago | Near North Side and Streeterville and north border ( left ) of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center ( with: en: Trump International Hotel and Tower ( Chicago ) | Trump International Hotel and Tower at jog in the river in the center )

Soldier Field ( formerly Municipal Grant Park Stadium ) is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side.

Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River in Cook County.

It is located at 806 North Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Portrait of Jack ( John ) Taylor, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, National League, warming up with other players at home plate at West Side Grounds located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue ( formerly Lincoln Street ), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street, in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Near the end of the civil war, he was elected the 14th Governor of Illinois, and reelected three times.

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. () is a leading online travel company headquartered in the Citigroup Center in Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois.

* Illinois Medical District, a neighborhood in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois alternatively known as Medical Center

* Illinois Medical District, a special-use zoning district on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Near E. 26th Road, south of Norway, Illinois, there is also a crashed airplane which serves as a " memorial " of sorts to commemorate the 1980s agricultural crash, which affected the primarily rural farming county.

Near Washington, Illinois 8 turns westbound onto Business U. S. 24 ( despite being signed as East Illinois 8 ) to terminate at U. S. 24.

Near the southern border, cattle of the early longhorn breed whose coloration was black with a lineback, with white speckles frequently appearin' on the sides and belly, were called `` zorrillas ''.

It has recently been suggested that the regional decline at the end of the Akkadian period ( and First Intermediary Period of the Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom ) was associated with rapidly increasing aridity, and failing rainfall in the region of the Ancient Near East, caused by a global centennial-scale drought.

which left Amasis with no major Near Eastern allies to counter Persia's increasing military might.

As with the West Africa theory, this idea does not have the backing of serious historians, nor contemporary written records of the time in the Near East.

Near the start of the English Civil War, on 18 August 1643 Parliament passed " An Ordinance for Explanation of a former Ordinance for Sequestration of Delinquents Estates with some Enlargements.

Near the Danish straits the salinity is close to that of the Kattegat, but still not fully oceanic, because the saltiest water that passes the straits is still already mixed with considerable amounts of outflow water.

Critics do, however, acknowledge that the author of Daniel was familiar with the history of Near Eastern imperial power from the sixth to the second centuries.

The eight books in the series starting with the Tale of Hill Top Farm ( 2004 ) deal with her life in the Lake District and the village of Near Sawrey between 1905 and 1913.

According to archaeological evidence, cultures in Egypt ( hieroglyphs ), the Near East ( cuneiform )— and the Mediterranean, with the Mycenaean culture ( Linear B )— had viable writing systems.

The Ancient Near Eastern collection also had its beginnings in 1825 with the purchase of Assyrian and Babylonian antiquities from the widow of Claudius James Rich.

By 1959 the Coins and Medals office suite, completely destroyed during the war, was rebuilt and re-opened, attention turned towards the gallery work with new tastes in design leading to the remodelling of Robert Smirke's Classical and Near Eastern galleries.

Formerly the Department of the Ancient Near East, with a collection numbering some 330, 000 works, the British Museum possesses by far the world's largest and most important collection of Mesopotamian antiquities outside Iraq.

Skeat “… in at least three cases and probably in all, in the form of codices " and he theorized that this form of notebook was invented in Rome and then “… must have spread rapidly to the Near East …” In his discussion of one of the earliest pagan parchment codices to survive from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, Eric Turner seems to challenge Skeat ’ s notion when stating “… its mere existence is evidence that this book form had a prehistory ” and that “ early experiments with this book form may well have taken place outside of Egypt .” Early codices of parchment or papyrus appear to have been widely used as personal notebooks, for instance in recording copies of letters sent ( Cicero Fam.

Near the end of the first decade of the double-Bills ' guidance, the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1929 and then achieved the unusual feat of winning a pennant every three years, following up the 1929 flag with league titles in 1932, 1935, and 1938.

As an example, McGinn cites the apocalypse in the Book of Daniel, which he sees as a record of historical events presented as a prophecy of future events and expressed in terms of " mythic structures ", with " the Hellenistic kingdom figured as a terrifying monster that cannot but recall Near Eastern pagan myth of the dragon of chaos ".

Near the end of the Daytona 500, he had a four-second lead when the final caution flag came out with a handful of laps to go.

Near the end of his term, his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed because of the U-2 incident when an American spy plane was shot down over Russia and its pilot captured.

The association of the serpent with a monstrous opponent overcome by a heroic deity has its roots in the mythology of the Ancient Near East, including Canaanite ( Hebrew, Ugaritic ), Hittite and Mesopotamian.

For example, in the Shanidar cave in Iraq, in Pontnewydd Cave in Wales and other sites across Europe and the Near East, Neanderthal skeletons have been discovered with a characteristic layer of flower pollen.

The most recent study on the ante-Aesopic fables or the fables in ancient Near Eastern languages by Akimoto discovers the rich fable traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia ; for example, the Ninurta-uballitsu Assyrian fable collection which is the oldest known fable collection with the compiler's autograph and the completion date 883 BCE, the Hurrian-Hittite bilingual fable collections are embedded in a long myth and the storyteller tells after each fable his / her own moral.

Near Lima, Drake captured a Spanish ship laden with 25, 000 pesos of Peruvian gold, amounting in value to 37, 000 ducats of Spanish money ( about £ 7m by modern standards ).