soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT ; energy blockade, the result of conflict with Azerbaijan, has led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood ; pollution of Hrazdan ( Razdan ) and Araks Rivers ; the draining of Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies ; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant without adequate ( IAEA-recommended ) safety and backup systems

Rivers draining into the Caribbean include:

Rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean include:

To the east of the Long Wall, was the River Gelion and its six tributaries draining the Ered Luin, in an area known as Ossiriand, or the Land of Seven Rivers.

Rivers, draining to the east, have cut long narrow valleys ; these valleys and the basins between the ranges are favourable areas for crops and settlement.

Rivers and creeks flowing west from the mountains farther inland predominantly end up draining into the regions four main lagoons.

In June 1980 the South Taieri region experienced severe floods that flooded both sides of the highway and extended as far as Dunedin Airport. Contributing factors to this were already full wetlands at Lake Waihola with the Taieri and Waipori Rivers both draining into this area.

While Peachtree Street is atop a ridge, railroad tracks were built on the actual Eastern Continental Divide, which follows DeKalb Avenue from Decatur to Five Points, then turns southwest toward the Atlanta airport, with the northwest side draining into the Chattahoochee or Flint Rivers and therefore into the Gulf of Mexico, and the southeast side eventually into the Atlantic Ocean.

The basin begins in the highlands of the East African Rift system with input from the Chambeshi River, the Uele and Ubangi Rivers in the upper reaches and the Lualaba River draining wetlands in the middle reaches.

In the middle course, the Vergara River joins the Biobío in the vicinity of Nacimiento, draining a great part of southern river basin after receiving the waters of the rivers Malleco, Renaico and Rahue Rivers, which constitute a northwest-oriented and parallel network of drainage to the Biobío of a great part of the northern Andean portion of the La La Araucanía Region.

Rivers draining into the Gulf include the South Alligator River, the East Alligator River and the Adelaide River.

Via the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 482 square miles ( 1248 km² ).

Shavers Fork, via the Cheat, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 214 mi² ( 554 km² ).

Rivers are most extensively developed in the north, and the country's major river system is that of the Selenge, which drains into Lake Baikal.

Rivers in northeastern Mongolia drain into the Pacific through the Argun and Amur ( Heilong Jiang ) rivers, while the few streams of southern and western Mongolia do not reach the sea but run into lakes or deserts.

The West Indian manatee migrates into Florida rivers, such as the Crystal, the Homosassa, and the Chassahowitzka Rivers.

It runs in a crescent through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta or the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

The second is that of the Serpentine and Murray Rivers, which discharge into the Peel Estuary at Mandurah.

In the 1860s and continuing into the early 20th century, miners dumped staggering quantities of mud and gravel from hydraulic mining operations into the upper Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers.

Rivers in the extreme northwest and in the narrow northern coastal plain drain directly into the Atlantic Ocean.

He is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni people, specifically the Mtetwa Paramountcy and the Ndwandwe into the Zulu Kingdom, the beginnings of a nation that held sway over the portion of southern Africa between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu Rivers, and his statesmanship and vigour marked him as one of the greatest Zulu kings.

The flow of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers was reversed, so they were redirected them into the Caspian Sea ( perhaps the Aral as well ).

Rivers bring rich soil deposits into the Fergana Valley from the surrounding mountains, creating a series of fertile oases that have long been prized for agriculture.

After the ' Rivers of Blood ' speech, however, Powell was transformed into a national public figure and won huge support across Britain.

Refugees from southern Rus ' moved mostly to the northeast, into the forested region with poor soils between the upper Volga and the Oka Rivers.

Traders from Massalia ventured inland deep into France on the Rivers Durance and Rhone, and established overland trade routes deep into Gaul, and to Switzerland and Burgundy, and as far north as the Baltic Sea.

Later settlers to much of the what became the state of Colorado followed the Platte and South Platte Rivers into their settlements there.

When Thames Water was privatised in 1990, its river management functions were transferred to the National Rivers Authority, in 1996 subsumed into the Environment Agency.

Operation Market Garden of September 1944, involved 35, 000 troops dropped up to behind German lines in an attempt to capture a series of bridges over the Maas, Waal and Rhine Rivers, in an attempt to outflank German fortifications and penetrate into Germany.

Here the Kesagami and Harricana Rivers flow into James Bay.

The turning point came in 1898 when Alfred Cort Haddon seduced " Rivers from the path of virtue ... ( for psychology then was a chaste science )... into that of anthropology :” He made Rivers first choice to head an expedition to the Torres Straits.

The Chari and Logone Rivers, both of which originate in the Central African Republic and flow northward, provide most of the surface water entering Lake Chad.

By 1798 Thompson had completed a survey of from Grand Portage, through Lake Winnipeg, to the headwaters of the Assiniboine and Mississippi Rivers, as well as two sides of Lake Superior.

Lake Tana is fed by the Lesser Abay, Reb and Gumara Rivers and its surface area ranges from 3, 000 to 3, 500 km² depending on season and rainfall.

The ecoregion also includes areas of rocky upland and seasonally wet clay and salt pans, particularly Lake Eyre, the centre of one of the largest inland drainage systems in the world, including the Georgina and Diamantina Rivers.

To raise much needed money and facilitate travel on the Salt Lake Cutoff they set up several ferries across the Weber, Bear and Malad Rivers which were used mostly by Oregon or California bound travelers.

Before this, Lake Huron was a low-lying depression through which flowed the now-buried Laurentian and Huronian Rivers ; the lake bed was criss-crossed by a large network of tributaries to these ancient waterways, with many of the old channels still evident on bathymetric maps.

Lake Saint-Louis, or in French, is a lake in southwestern Quebec, Canada, adjoining the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.

The Peace and Athabasca Rivers along with Great Bear and Great Slave Lake ( respectively the largest and second largest lakes wholly enclosed within Canada ), are significant elements of the Arctic watershed.

The county is divided into thirty-seven townships: Antelope, Athol, Belle Plaine, Belmont, Benton, Beotia, Buffalo, Capitola, Clifton, Conde, Cornwall, Crandon, Exline, Frankfort, Garfield, Great Bend, Groveland, Harmony, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, La Prairie, Lincoln, Lodi, Mellette, Northville, Olean, Prairie Center, Redfield, Richfield, Spring, Sumner, Tetonka, Three Rivers, Tulare, Turton, Union.

Within the county also exists the head waters of two St. Joseph Rivers, the St. Joseph River ( Lake Michigan ) and the St. Joseph River ( Maumee River ).

It is possible that an early cross-country route from Saginaw Bay to Lake Michigan proceeded up the Saginaw, Tittabawasee and Tobacco Rivers to approximately the point west across Ross Lake from the Beaverton City Cemetery.

Historic sites include Governor Eurith D. Rivers ' home, which was moved from its original spot on Banks Lake to West Main Street in Lakeland in the early 1980s ; Union Baptist Church, located near Georgia Highway 135 ; and Fender Cemetery, located east of Lakeland at the junction of U. S. 221 and Georgia Highway 37 on land that once belonged to David Fender.

In 1971 Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozark Council ( 314 ).

This merger took place after the Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozark Council.

Other minor communities and geographic features in the town are: Between the Rivers, Black Hall Pond, Brighton Beach, Ferry Road, Flat Rock Hill, Four Mile River, Griswold Point, Hall's Corners, Hawk's Nest Beach, Homestead Circle, Johnnycake Hill, Miami Beach, Mile Creek, Neck Road, Old Colony Beach, Old Lyme Estates, Old Lyme Shores, Rogers Lake, Sill Lane, Smith's Neck, Tantummaheag, Tuttles Sandy Beach, Whippoorwill, White Sand Beach.

Lake Barkley was formed in the early 1960s when a dam was constructed on the Cumberland at Grand Rivers.

The schooner sank with all hands off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, becoming one of the most famous shipwrecks in Lake Michigan history.

As part of the greater migration of the Mdewakanton from their ancestral area around Mille Lacs Lake to the river confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, Chief Black Dog, around 1750, established his band at a permanent village at the isthmus between Black Dog Lake ( from which is named after him ) and the Minnesota River, near the present site of the Black Dog Power Plant.

In the early days, Richfield extended as far north as Lake Street, and included present day Edina on the west, and extended to the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers on the east, and to Bloomington on the south.