The bridge itself rises up from the river, light-flared and enormous, like the outdoor set for an epic opera.

The Aar ( German Aare ), a tributary of the High Rhine, is the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

The weir across the Yamuna was the first attempted in Upper India upon a foundation of fine sand ; it is about 800-yard long, and rises seven-feet above the summer level of the river.

The Earth's natural processes, particularly sea level rises, waves and various weather phenomena, have resulted in the erosion, accretion and reshaping of coasts as well as flooding and creation of continental shelves and drowned river valleys ( rias ).

Notable among them are: ( 1 ) whether the word " eden " means a steppe or plain, or instead means " delight " or some similar term ; ( 2 ) whether the garden was in the east of Eden, or Eden itself was in the east, or whether " east " is not the correct word at all and the Hebrew means the garden was " of old "; ( 3 ) whether the river in Genesis 2: 10 " follows from " or " rises in " Eden, and the relationship, if any, of the four rivers to each other ; and ( 4 ) whether Cush, where one of the four rivers flows, means Ethiopia ( in Africa ) or Elam ( just east of Mesopotamia ).

At a site simply named " The Sinks " in Sinks Canyon State Park, the river flows into a cave in a formation known as the Madison Limestone, and then rises again a half-mile down the canyon in a placid pool.

The Madeira river rises more than 15 m ( 50 ft ) during the rainy season, and ocean vessels may ascend it to the Falls of San Antonio, near Porto Velho, Brazil, above its mouth ; but in the dry months, from June to November, it is only navigable for the same distance for craft drawing about 2 m ( from 5 to 6 feet ) of water.

It is broadly contiguous with the upper part of the drainage basin of the river Po, which rises from the slopes of Monviso in the west of the region and it's Italy ’ s largest river.

Most important of these is the Barada, a river that rises in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and disappears into the desert.

The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia.

The river rises at Vrutok, a few kilometers north of Gostivar in the Republic of Macedonia.

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 third thesis holds that the river rises on the slopes of Pic Aneto, at 2, 300 m a. s. l.

Krishna river rises at Mahabaleswar near the Jor village in the extreme north of Wai taluka, district Satara, Maharashtra in the west and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi ( near Avanigadda ) in Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast.

The Krishna river rises in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of about 1337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar, about 64 km from the Arabian Sea.

It rises as the effluent of the Rhône Glacier in Valais, Switzerland, in the Saint-Gotthard massif, at an altitude of 1753 m. It is joined by the river Saône at Lyon.

The river rises in the Cascade Range at an elevation of at Keechelus Dam on Keechelus Lake near Snoqualmie Pass, near Easton.

The river rises in flood and carries the twins downstream, unharmed.

The Ter is a river in Catalonia ( northeastern of the Iberian Peninsula ) that rises in Ulldeter at an approximate altitude of 2400 meters, at the foot of a glacial cirque delimited by the nearby peaks of el Bastiments, el Gra de Fajol, or el Pic de la Dona.

Topographically, on the east bank of the river from the bridge crossing point, the land rises sharply up to 100 feet at High Catton.

The river rises from its source in central Java at the Lawu volcano, then flows north and eastward to its mouth in the Java Sea near the city of Surabaya.

The Pykara river rises at Mukurthi peak.

Parallel to the Valira river rises a mountain range, where stand the remains of two great fortresses, the Ciutadella and Ciutat Castle ( in Castellciutat ), both of historic importance in the town.

The river rises from its source in Lake Capimitchigama, in the Laurentian Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming.

* The river Moy in the northeast of the county is renowned for its salmon fishing.

Kiskunlacháza is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve.

In the valley is the only river in the county, the Tualatin River, the Tualatin Plains, and several small hills.

* Cambridge, Maryland is the county seat of Dorchester County and a busy port on the Choptank river.

Kilkenny's river network helps drain the land giving the county a highly fertile lower central plain.

The county seat, previously located near the confluence of Dividing Creek with the Pocomoke River, was transferred to the river port of Snow Hill, at the head of navigation of the Pocomoke, near the center of the new county.

This was also the name of the river that bisected it ( probably where shells had come from ) and the county.

The burgesses separated an area of the county south of the river, including City Point, establishing it separately as Prince George County in 1703.

The Tennessee river runs both north and south within the county.

Father Juan Crespí, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benedicto ( Saint Benedict ), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.

Isolated from the main rail corridors through the county and the irrigation projects that generated much of the region's economic prosperity, the part of Stanislaus County west of the river ( known to locals as the " West Side " of the county ) has largely remained rural and economically dependent on agricultural activities.

The section of the line between the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania and the river is the county line between Marshall and Wetzel counties, West Virginia.

The surface is very diverse: part of the river valleys are alluvial and subject to inundation, while other portions of the county are hilly and even mountainous.

The river flows to the east through the mountains within the county through several water gaps caused by a group of faults trending east-west through the central part of the county.

The county straddles a divide between three river systems.

Although it is the busiest river in the state, its run within the county is tranquil, with high bluff escarpments and sandy islands.

Rappahannock county was named for the river that separates it from Fauquier County.

They lived along the county ’ s only river, the Nadowa, an Algonquian word meaning rattlesnake, and became associated with the area they inhabited.

The county is mountainous with small river valleys running through the county.

The county is mainly drained by four river systems: the Barton, the Black, the Clyde and the Missisquoi River.

Williamson County is drained in the center and south by the San Gabriel River, which is the only river in the county, and in the north by creeks that run into the Lampasas and Little rivers north of the county line.