Rivers

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in …

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AU: American University · 1 January 2017 English

The Cold War in Europe was intertwined with the Second World War in a rather circular fashion. The East/West conflict arose from the circumstances of the end of the world …

miles) to the west, to the Oder and western Neisse rivers. This move was designed to weaken Germany but


1 January 2017 English

Soon after the Allies defeated Germany in World War II, the country became the central battleground of the Cold War between the communist East and democratic, capitalist West. To prevent …

specially-made compartments in cars, swam across rivers and canals, crawled through sewers, dug tunnels


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents concerning the Soviet population. Subjects covered in the file include the declining rate of population growth; the unwillingness of people to migrate to areas of labour …

to Central Asia some of the water from Siberian rivers need to be seen against the back- ground of the


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning political relations between Albania and the United Kingdom. The documents cover discussions on the possible resumption of relations between the British and Albanian …

distributed; its equipment and materials have bndgod rivers and sot power stations and factories working again


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

reality. I repeat that blood would have flowed like rivers if we hadn't imposed martial law the 13th of December


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Russian

A file containing documents concerning relations between the Soviet Union and China. Subjects covered in the file include a possible resumption of border talks; a new Sino-Soviet trade agreement; the …

commission on shipping in the frontier areas of rivers are held annually, a mixed railway border commission


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

specifically bans movement across the ice of frontier rivers, lakes ana other expanses of water except along


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

i a C r o s s e s t h e D n i e s t e r the rivers Pruth and Dniester had no special In 1806 Russia


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

research. There are in fact remarkably few major rivers in the northern hemisphere which flow from south conditions of icing occur on south-to-north flowing rivers; - exchange visits by experts from such countries;


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file of correspondence and reports concerning inner-German relations. The documents cover negotiations to address the issue of water pollution in Berlin; plans for a purification plant; payments received by …

question of the purification of the Werra and Weser rivers can be tackled. You may be sure that we for our


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