Aalen is situated on the upper reaches of the river Kocher, at the foot of the Swabian Jura which lies to the south and south-east, and close to the hilly landscapes of the Ellwanger Berge to the north and the Welland to the north-west.

One of the most serious and long-running water erosion problems worldwide is in the People's Republic of China, on the middle reaches of the Yellow River and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The swift upper reaches of rivers, which occasionally overflow and cause flooding and landslides, generally cut deeply into the conic slopes.

As overland travel was relatively difficult, its position on the upper navigable reaches of the river helped it to grow by increasing trade.

Climate across India ranges from equatorial in the far south, to alpine in the upper reaches of the Himalayas.

Some attention was given to problems of flood control and drainage before the revolution of July 14, 1958, but development plans in the 1960s and 1970s were increasingly devoted to these matters, as well as to irrigation projects on the upper reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates and the tributaries of the Tigris in the northeast.

With a total length of 1, 020 kilometers, the Daugava ( or Zapadnaya Dvina in its upper reaches ) originates in the Valday Hills in Russia's Tver ' Oblast, meanders through northern Belarus, and then winds through Latvia for 370 kilometers before emptying into the Gulf of Riga.

As the flood did not start filling the lake's deepest point ( Belt Bay ) until late March little bird life appeared preferring instead to nest in the upper reaches of the Lake Eyre Basin, north of Birdsville, where large lakes appeared in January as a result of monsoonal rain.

Because the river is rather narrow on many of the upper reaches, navigation with larger vessels and push convoys requires great skill.

The reaches of the upper Petitcodiac River valley then came under the control of the Philadelphia Land Company and in 1766 Pennsylvania Dutch settlers arrived to re-establish the pre-existing farming community at Le Coude.

Ice congestions may form in winter in the upper reaches of the river, this sometimes causes upstream floods.

The upper reaches of the river flow through the prairie country of northeast Texas.

The upper reaches of the rivers are wild and usually unnavigable, and the lower reaches are prone to seasonal flooding.

On the south the Ruvuma River was only fordable on its upper reaches.

The first Russian mention of the mountains to the east of the East European Plain is provided by the Primary Chronicle, when it describes the Novgorodian expedition to the upper reaches of the Pechora in 1096.

The upper reaches of the Kama and Chusovaya in the Middle Urals, still unexplored, as well as parts of Transuralia still held by the hostile Siberian Khanate, were granted to the Stroganovs by several decrees of the tsar in 1558 – 1574.

By November 1941, it was becoming known in the upper reaches of the Nazi leadership and government offices that Hitler intended all the Jews of Europe to be deported to the eastern territories and executed by whatever means.

The name Yarra Valley is usually used in reference to the upper regions surrounding the Yarra River and generally does not encompass the lower regions including the city and suburban areas, where the topography flattens out, or the upper reaches which are in inaccessible bushland.

Loire (; ; ) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.

Tarns are found mostly in the upper reaches of the Himalaya, above 5, 500 metres.

This precludes linguolabials, in which the tip of the tongue reaches for the posterior side of the upper lip and which are considered coronals.

The upper reaches of the river still provides drinking water for most of the city.

Around 1600 a Mani still ruled the Loko kingdom ( the area north of Port Loko Creek ) and another ruled the upper part of the south shore of the Freetown estuary.

In its upper reaches, the Allegheny River is joined from the south by Potato Creek downstream of Coryville, Pennsylvania and from the north by Olean Creek at Olean, New York.

Sunfish Pond has an elevation of and upper Yards Creek Reservoir is at.

Maercus L. Giles received a certificate to teach a public school which was probably located somewhere on upper Big Brushy Creek.

The Creek were consolidated with other bands of the Muscogee Nation in upper Florida after defeat in the Creek Wars, thus leaving their native homeland forever.

The upper drainage area of San Mateo Creek in Hillsborough contains significant serpentinite outcrops, which are known habitats for several rare plant species including the San Mateo Woolly Sunflower.

Boulder Creek served as the upper terminus of the San Lorenzo Valley Logging Flume terminating in Felton, which began construction in 1874 and when formally opened in October of 1875 was augmented by a new rail line to transport logs to the wharf in Santa Cruz.

* First Baptist church in upper Georgia at Fishing Creek, 1783.

The former High School became the Middle School, and the former middle school building was converted into " Clarks Creek Elementary ", an upper elementary school for grades 4-5.

The Village of Cassadaga was settled in 1848 at the headwaters of the technically navigable Cassadaga Creek, though the upper few miles of it are not practically so today due to numerous shallows and beaver activity along its course.

It was located along the upper end of the canal on the west side of the Cats Creek.

On the 1858 map ( below ), the Nanticoke Dam and entrance to the North Branch Canal at Harvey's Creek can be seen at the far upper left.

Several collieries appear at the west end of Plymouth, including the Harvey Mine, Grand Tunnel, Reynolds ( Chauncey ), French Tunnel ( Jersey Mine ), Reynolds ( Washington Mine ) and the Smith mine operation at the upper end of Coal Creek.

Jacob Brown, a North Carolina merchant, leased a large stretch of land from the Cherokee, located between the upper Lick Creek watershed and the Nolichucky River, in what is now the northeastern corner of the county.

White Oak Creek, which drains Sunbright, is part of the upper watershed of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River.

Cane Creek's upper watershed, known for its scenic waterfalls and geological formations, comprises the bulk of Fall Creek Falls State Park.

Coal deposits were first noted in the Roslyn area in 1883, with a large vein discovered at the upper Smith Creek canyon in 1885 by C. P.

Additionally, when she first arrived in the county from the east-coast, Kate worked on the homestead she shared with her then-husband ( and later Concrete City Marshal ), Joe Glover, helping to " prove up " on their timber claim on the upper Baker River, near Bear Creek.

Recently a movement called " Save Taryn's Beaver " was launched to save a family of beavers on upper Weister Creek.

The central core of Morrisville is located along the upper portion of Crabtree Creek, which then feeds into Lake Crabtree, located in the southeastern part of the town.

The upper fall is formed by the swift waters of Yosemite Creek, which, after meandering through Eagle Creek Meadow, hurl themselves over the edge of a hanging valley in a spectacular and deafening show of force.

By comparison, in the upper portion of Washington Heights, where the 34th Precinct includes Fort George, Hudson Heights and Sherman Creek ( as well as Inwood ), there was only one murder in 2007 ; likewise, above W. 179th Street, crime complaints were down 21. 05 % in 2007 over 2001 ( and down 83. 15 % from 1993 ).