Since then it has been eroding, creating dramatic incised valleys, and providing the sediment that gives the Yellow River its yellow color and that causes the flooding of the river in the lower reaches ( hence the river's nickname ' China's sorrow ').

122 ) also gives the Ligurian name of the Po river as Bodincus, which he translates as " bottomless ".

The taiga in the river valley near Verkhoyansk, Russia, at 67 ° N, must deal with the coldest winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere, but the extreme continentality of the climate gives an average daily high of 22 ° C in July.

The river gives its name to the Ucayali Region of Peru.

The medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane river, and gives its name to the well-known cheese.

The wide bed gives an indication of the former size of the river.

The IJsselmeer is a freshwater lake fed through the Ketelmeer by the river IJssel, which gives it its name.

Tradition maintains that Braunschweig was created through the merger of two settlements, one founded by Brun, a Saxon count who died in 880, on one side of the river Oker – the legend gives the year 861 for the foundation – and the other the settlement of a legendary Count Dankward, after whom Dankwarderode Castle ( Dankward's clearing ), which was reconstructed in the 19th century, is named.

At the entrance to the north in the center, between the streets Via Aliprandi and Via Zanzi, a fork of the river artificially created for defensive purposes in the early decades of the 14th century gives rise to Lambretto, which is joined to the main course Lambro at its exit to the south from the ancient circle of medieval walls ( Monza ) ( now completely demolished ).

Periodically discharging the lake is necessary since it is continually fed by rivers and streams ( most notably the IJssel river that gives its name to the lake ) and polders draining their water into the IJsselmeer.

The new walk gives views out in to the south park, across the river Derwent and up the hill towards New Piece wood.

The river can be crossed on foot or bicycle by a public footbridge ( partly the old railway bridge ) upstream from The Harbour Inn, which gives access to the village of Walberswick.

The Augustan poet Ovid gives Abundantia a role in the myth of Acheloüs the river god, one of whose horns was ripped from his forehead by Hercules.

Ness sits on a flagstone by the river Conchobar, and the following morning gives birth.

The River Thames gives visitors a peaceful getaway either feeding the swans or enjoying a cup of coffee next the river.

What gives some colour of truth to this hypothesis that we already put forth, is the fact that the French or Franks, before entering Gaul itself, lived for a long time around the river named Luts in the Netherlands.

Ed gives a short eulogy and sinks it in the river to ensure that it will never be found.

The constantly-changing channel gives the village its name: Kwethluk is derived from the Yupik " Kwikli ", meaning " river ".

From about Memorial Day through Labor Day ( depending on river conditions ), the Red River Ruby, a pontoon boat gives tours on the Red River of the North adjacent to the Hjemkomst Center.

Periodically discharging the lake is necessary since it is continually fed by rivers and streams ( most notably the IJssel river that gives its name to the lake ) and polders draining their water into the IJsselmeer.

The river gives its name to Fleet Street which runs from Ludgate Circus to Temple Bar at The Strand.

This is the meaning of the logo: the keep " Ter Heide " is the symbol for the cultural heritage of Rotselaar, the field tracks symbolise the rural aspects of the municipality and the agriculture, the blue river is the symbol for the three rivers of Rotselaar, the Demer, the Dijle and the Winge, and the lake, the green represents the natural environment and nature reserves of Rotselaar, the plantations and the hills covered with forests, and last but not least, the sun gives Rotselaar blossoming vineyards and refers to the recreational facilities and activities in Rotselaar.

The river gives its name to several German districts:

One example he gives of control of river water during a siege:

The river gives its name to the Surrey district of Mole Valley.

Through the splash of the rising waters, they could hear the roar of the river as it raged through its canyon, gnashing big chunks out of the banks.

It's so romantic up there, she used to say, with the broad river gleaming in its moontrack like an enormous dark mirror and all the sounds of the night, so poetic.

It is found in a region often called the Sea due to its profusion of constellations with watery associations such as Cetus the whale, Pisces the fish and Eridanus the river.

Anavarza ) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the present Çukurova ( or classical Aleian plain ) about 15 km west of the main stream of the present Ceyhan River ( or classical Pyramus river ) and near its tributary the Sempas Su.

The river soon changes its northwesterly flow for a due westerly direction, but after receiving the Saane or Sarine it turns north until it nears Aarberg.

Caesar occupied the town first and defeated the Germans before its walls, slaughtering most of the German army as it tried to flee across the river ( 1. 36ff ).

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates () sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

When the work was finished, the river was turned back into its usual channel and the captives by whose hands the labor had been accomplished were put to death that none might learn their secret.

There are for example fragments in ' Sapphic ' meter praising the Dioscuri, Hermes and the river Hebrus ( a river significant in Lesbian mythology since it was down its waters that the head of Orpheus was believed to have floated singing, eventually crossing the sea to Lesbos and ending up in a temple of Apollo, as a symbol of Lesbian supremacy in song ).

Water in these places drills its way downward by dissolving the carbonate rock to form an extensive underground river system.

That river ( see below ) pierces the desert without modifying its character.

During the crossing, the river grew dry as soon as the feet of the priests carrying the Ark touched its waters, and remained so until the priests — with the Ark — left the river after the people had passed over ( Josh.

The river was, for the first time in years, overflowing its banks, heralding the end of a long drought.

The river is also straddled by the New York Botanical Gardens, its neighbor, the Bronx Zoo, and a little further south, on the west shore, Bronx River Art Center.

* The River Bosna is the longest river in Bosnia and is fully contained within the country as it stretches from its source near Sarajevo to the river Sava in the north.

The military dangers in such an enterprise were numerous: Marlborough's lines of communication along the Rhine would be hopelessly exposed to French interference, for Louis ’ generals controlled the left bank of the river and its central reaches.

The Branco flows nearly south, and finds its way into the Negro through several channels and a chain of lagoons similar to those of the latter river.

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 ).

Bamberg () is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main.

At the end of the rainy season in the fall, the river overflows its banks and creates a huge floodplain in the delta.