[...] Thence the Britons retired to the river Thames at a point near where it empties into the ocean and at flood-tide forms a lake.

As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems.

Before reaching Jordanian territory the river forms the Sea of Galilee, the surface of which is 212 meters below sea level.

From the dark chasm a fountain violently erupts, then forms the meandering river Alph, which runs to the sea described in the first stanza.

The former river forms a gorge running through the middle of the city south of the old city centre, generally following the course of the present Rue Centrale, with several bridges crossing the depression to connect the adjacent neighbourhoods.

The Murray River forms part of the long combined Murray-Darling river system which drains most of inland Victoria, New South Wales, and southern Queensland.

The river then forms part of the Belgian-Dutch border, except that at Maastricht the border lies further to the west.

In the Netherlands it continues northwards through Venlo closely along the border to Germany, then turns towards the west, where it runs parallel to the Waal river and forms part of the extensive Rhine – Meuse – Scheldt delta, together with the Scheldt river in its south and the Rhine river in the north.

At one point the river crosses a moraine ridge and forms the Ivanov rapids.

An unusual feature of the river is the Inner Niger Delta, which forms where its gradient suddenly decreases.

The river forms a small part of the international boundary between Brazil and Peru.

The largest river in the state is the Rhine, which forms the border with Baden-Württemberg and Hesse in the southeast before flowing through the northern part of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The lower river south of Orange, Texas, to Sabine Lake forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, carrying barge traffic.

The Bukit Barisan mountains, which contain several active volcanoes, forms the backbone of the island, while the northeast sides are outlying lowlands with swamps, mangrove and complex river systems.

Landlocked Afghanistan has no seaports but the Amu Darya river, which forms part of the nation's border with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, does have barge traffic.

The bridge, nearly 700 metres long and 11 metres across, straddles the Panj river which forms a natural border between the two countries, between the ports of Nizhny Panj on the Tajik side and Shir Khan Bandar in Afghanistan.

While Campbell refers to heavy batteries requiring a " load-bearing hull " and " cranky, even unseaworthy vessels ", Desmond points out that electric boaters tend to prefer efficient, low-wash hull forms that are more friendly to river banks.

It forms the core of the Grand Avignon metropolitan area ( communauté d ' agglomération ), which comprises twelve communes on both sides of the river:

Coastlines can shift in the direction of the sea when the sea level drops, when the surface rises due to tectonic forces in the Earth's crust or when a river forms a large delta.

The river traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and forms part of the international boundary between Ontario and New York in the United States.

The Godavari ( Telugu: గ ో ద ా వర ి)( Marathi: ग ो द ा वर ी) is a river that runs from western to southern ends of India and forms one of the largest river basins in India.

The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County.

* Ark ( river boat ), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America

The Bastarnae or Basternae () were an ancient Germanic tribe, who between 200 BC and 300 AD inhabited the region between the eastern Carpathian mountains and the Dnieper river ( corresponding to the modern Republic of Moldova and western part of southern Ukraine ).

By the end of his sole rule ( AD 14 ), Augustus had expanded the empire to the line of the Danube river, which was to remain its central / eastern European border for its entire history ( except for the occupation of Dacia 105-275 ).

The eastern border lies along the edge of the Nile river watershed.

Due to the meandering of the Danube, the eastern border of Baranja with Serbia according to cadastral delineation is not followed, as each country controls territory on their side of the main river flow.

Moravia, the eastern part, is also quite hilly and is drained predominantly by the Morava river, but also contains the source of the Oder ( Czech: Odra ) river.

Over the years, the Nile gradually shifted westward, providing the site between the eastern edge of the river and the Mokattam highlands on which the city now stands.

The Soviet code name, Operation Anadyr, was also the name of a river flowing into the Bering Sea, the name of the capital of Chukotsky District, and a bomber base in the far eastern region.

tropical ; hot and humid in equatorial river basin ; cooler and drier in southern highlands ; cooler-cold and wetter in eastern highlands and the Ruwenzori Range ; north of Equator-wet season April to October, dry season December to February ; south of Equator-wet season November to March, dry season April to October

straddles Equator ; very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is the only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean ; dense tropical rainforest in central river basin and eastern highlands

For several kilometres north of Khartoum, water closer to the eastern bank of the river, coming from the Blue Nile, is visibly muddy, while that closer to the western bank, and coming from the White Nile, is clearer.

Kyoto ( Heian-kyō ) was geopolitically a better seat of government ; with good river access to the sea, it could be reached by land routes from the eastern provinces.

In the late evening of 3 April the Whites reached the eastern river banks of Tammerkoski.

The site of Srivijaya's centre is thought be at a river mouth in eastern Sumatra, based near what is now Palembang.

The river Yamuna defines its eastern border with Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

A karst spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans in eastern France at the source of the river Loue

The eastern boundary below the 31st parallel was unclear ; the U. S. claimed the land as far as the Perdido River, and Spain claimed the border of its Florida Colony remained the Mississippi river.

A large lowland basin formed over two million years ago as a result of an eastern flowing river that existed well before the Pleistocene ice ages.

Its northern border was along the Douro river, while on its eastern side its border passed through Salmantica ( Salamanca ) and Caesarobriga ( Talavera de la Reina ) to the Anas ( Guadiana ) river.

Pre-Columbian inhabitants of eastern North America considered the Ohio part of a single river continuing on through the lower Mississippi.

* The St. Johns River creates a large peninsula over 75 miles in length that stretches from eastern Jacksonville down to the border of Flagler and Volusia counties, where the river emanates from Lake George.

The smaller Cybina river flows through eastern Poznań to meet the east branch of the Warta ( that branch is also called Cybina – its northern section was originally a continuation of that river, while its southern section has been artificially widened to form a main stream of the Warta ).