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• River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …   Wikipedia

• River Derwent, Yorkshire — Geobox River name = Derwent native name = other name = Darwent archaically other name1 = map size = map caption = Map of the Catchment Area of the River Derwent country = England country1 = region = Yorkshire region1 = city = city1 = length = 115 …   Wikipedia

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• River Crouch — The course of the River Crouch The River Crouch is a river that flows entirely through the English county of Essex. The distance of the Navigation between Holliwell Point which is north of Foulness Island and Battlesbridge is 17.5 Miles, i.e.… …   Wikipedia

• regulate — To fix, establish, or control; to adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The power of Congress to regulate commerce is the power to enact all appropriate… …   Black's law dictionary

• Angerman River — ▪ river, Sweden Swedish  Ångermanälven,         river in the län (counties) of Västerbotten and Västernorrland, northern Sweden. It rises in Swedish Lapland near the Norwegian border and flows in a winding course for 285 miles (460 km) southeast… …   Universalium

• regulate — verb 1) the flow of the river has been regulated Syn: control, adjust, manage 2) a new act regulating businesses Syn: supervise, police, monitor, check, check up on, be responsible for; control, manage …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Nile River — Arabic Baḥr al Nīl River, eastern and northern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream and 3,473 mi (5,588 km) from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea. It flows generally north …   Universalium

• Potomac River — Coordinates: 37°59′57″N 76°14′59″W / 37.99917°N 76.24972°W / 37.99917; 76.24972 …   Wikipedia