Mali has no seaports because it is landlocked, but Koulikoro on the Niger River near Bamako, serves as a principal river port.

The Marañón river serves also as a frame for one of the most important novels of the Peruvian writer Ciro Alegría: La serpiente de oro ( 1935 ).

Where the river serves as a boundary between states today, Congress designated the entire river to belong to the states on the east and south, i. e., West Virginia and Kentucky at the time of admission to the Union, that were divided from Virginia.

The river serves as a natural border between the U. S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.

A very short stretch of the river serves as the boundary between the U. S. states of Texas and New Mexico.

Currently, the river serves as the eastern border of the State of Israel and of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Sri Ram Sagar Project which was constructed on this river ( 1964 – 69 ) serves the irrigation needs of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal districts.

The river serves as the principal source of water for eastern Colorado.

The river running through the pueblo serves as the primary source for drinking and cooking water for the residents of the village.

The main river that runs near San Salvador is the Acelhuate River ; the river is not even within the municipality as it serves as a natural frontier between San Salvador and Soyapango.

The northern part of Aksai Chin is referred to as the Soda Plain and contains Aksai Chin's largest river, the Karakosh, The river, which receives meltwater from a number of glaciers, crosses the Kunlun farther northwest, in Pishan County and enters the Tarim Basin, where it serves as one of the main sources of water for Karakax and Hotan Counties.

To the north-east of the built-up area, there is a reservoir ( Zalew Rybnicki ) on the river Ruda, which serves as a cooling water source for the power station.

When Crossrail is built the rail line will drop below the surface and continue north and west under Woolwich to begin its journey under the river Thames in a way that serves the Isle of Dogs and the ExCeL exhibition centre, then the railway's tracks are likely to emerge from a tunnel beneath the River Thames at Plumstead sidings.

* Burg Bischofstein: Across the river from the municipality of Burgen is this 13th-century castle, which was destroyed during the Nine Years ' War, but was reconstructed and now serves as a retreat centre for the Fichte Gymnasium in Krefeld.

The river flows right through the Downtown River District and serves as the dividing line between Hennepin and Wright county.

The river then serves two major dock areas.

Others believe the myth served ( and still serves ) as a way of hiding the incestuous relations which are quite common in some small, isolated communities along the river.

Between 1848 and 1856 more than 10, 000 refugees crossed the Rio Hondo, the river that now serves as a boundary between Belize and Mexico.

The Tumen River is a 521 km-long river that serves as part of the boundary between China, North Korea, and Russia, rising in Mount Baekdu and flowing into the Sea of Japan.

Palembang is split by the Musi River, which can be crossed over the Ampera Bridge, which serves as a means of transport and trade across the river.

The Keihan line which runs primarily between Kyoto City and downtown Osaka serves the city via a branch line Uji Line running from Chushojima station and ending along the river at Keihan Uji Station beside the Uji Bridge.

Second, they believed it important to determine the fate of the captain -- a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps, on American towns and counties, on a great American river, and on half a million square miles of Arctic seas.

The river played an important role in the growth of the economy in the region during the 19th century as a source of transportation of goods.

The river is still used for transportation of farming produce ; however, it is not as important as it once was due to the construction of roads and railways.

It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.

900 km ; traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts ; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0. 6 m or less ; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1. 8 m.

Control of the river Nile was considered vitally important for any expedition into Egypt and the Sudan.

Throughout the Middle Ages, it was an important trading town because of its location, near a ford across the Gera river.

The country's most important waterway is the river Rhine.

In 1875 Eiffel et Cie were given two important contracts, one for a new terminus for the line from Vienna at Budapest and the other for a bridge over the river Douro in Portugal.

He won an important victory near the Nessos ( Nestos ) river, on the boundary between Macedonia and Thrace, with the aid of the Dalmatian cavalry.

The most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 kilometers to the Caribbean through the economically important Valle de Sula.

The most important British ports were London and Richborough, whilst the continental ports most heavily engaged in trade with Britain were Boulogne and the sites of Domburg and Colijnsplaat at the mouth of the river Scheldt.

He was the first European to ascend the river for a distance considerable enough to make important observations.

The river of the town formed an important part of the pitch.

Another important river near the town centre is the Wakenitz.

Latvia's principal river, the Daugava River, was at the head of an important mainland route from the Baltic region through Russia into southern Europe and the Middle East used by the Vikings and later Nordic and German traders.

The largest river is the Daugava, which has been an important route for several thousand years.

The most important tributary of the Niger in Nigeria is the Benue River which merges with the river at Lokoja in Nigeria.

The northern part of the river, known as the Niger bend, is an important area because it is the closest major river and source of water to that part of the Sahara desert.

The city's significance as a shipping port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river and railroad transportation routes.

The U. S. Supreme Court held that Kentucky's jurisdiction ( and, implicitly, that of West Virginia ) extended only to the low-water mark of 1793 ( important because the river has been extensively dammed for navigation, so that the present river bank is north of the old low-water mark.