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added 2007 Tue May 22 16:46:53 by Macas
In 1534, Jacques Cartier set sail hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of Asia. Many people was trying to find in history a new way to China and Jacques Cartier too .Instead to find China he find something different here ...
added 2007 Fri May 18 16:17:04 by Macas
The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view. It is more than a pleasuring ground for those that explore the roads, hike the trails, or float the currents of the turbulent Colorado River.
added 2007 Thu May 10 18:08:28 by bubba2
The River Tigris has been a symbol of prosperity in Iraq but since the US-led invasion in 2003, this amazing watercourse has turned into a graveyard of bodies. In addition, the water level is decreasing as pollution increases. After 4 years of war and pollution, the Tigris has been transformed into a stagnant sewer, according to environmentalists.
added 2007 Mon Apr 30 16:28:01 by Macas
Interesting story about gold and salmons down the Fraser River in British Columbia. The Fraser River - the largest river in British Columbia, the longest river in the CHRS, the greatest salmon river in the world - is a river of superlatives. It begins in Mount Robson Provincial Park, in the shadow of the highest mountain in the Rockies.
added 2007 Mon Mar 19 18:06:03 by BrianJJohnson
Have you ever seen a bridge inundated with water...and boats? Check out the Elbe River "concrete bathtub" in Germany.
added 2007 Fri Mar 2 3:22:28 by capn_caveman
Cave divers in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula have discovered what may be the world's longest underground river, connecting two cave systems with a waterway at least 95 miles long.
added 2007 Tue Feb 27 6:15:29 by STONERS
A bus veered off a mountain highway and plunged into a river in Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring another 25, police said.
added 2007 Wed Jan 10 4:25:25 by worker
Do not try this at home. Remember, this is a professional captain.
added 2006 Wed Aug 23 21:16:47 by TimALoftis
A troop of Boy Scouts on a camping trip saved an 18-month-old girl who had fallen in a river upstream from them and was floating face down, officials said.