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• streambed — /streem bed /, n. the channel in which a stream flows or formerly flowed. [1855 60; STREAM + BED] * * * or stream channel Any long, narrow, sloping depression on land that had been shaped by flowing water. Streambeds can range in width from a few …   Universalium

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Whitewater — is formed in a rapid, when a river s gradient drops enough to disturb its laminar flow and create turbulence, i.e. form a bubbly, or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white. The term is also used loosely to refer to less… …   Wikipedia

• Amazon River — Portuguese Rio Amazonas River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and area of drainage basin, and only the Nile River of northeastern Africa exceeds it in length. It originates within 100 mi (160 km) of the… …   Universalium

• Larimar — (also lorimar) is a rare blue variety of pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Its coloration varies from white, light blue, green blue to deep blue. The deep blue variant is known as volcanic blue Fact|date=June 2007 …   Wikipedia

• Brush Creek (Sonoma County, California) — Geobox|River name = Brush Creek native name = other name = Rincon Creek category = stream etymology = nickname = image caption = Brush Creek looking south toward the Highway 12 bridge. country = United States state = California region = Sonoma… …   Wikipedia

• Henan — /hue nahn /, n. Pinyin. 1. a province in E China. 50,320,000; 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Cap.: Zhengzhou. 2. former name of Luoyang. Also, Honan. * * * or Ho nan conventional Honan Province (pop., 2000 est.: 92,560,000), east central China …   Universalium

• Honan — /hoh nan /; Chin. /hue nahn /, n. 1. Wade Giles. Henan. 2. (usually l.c.) Textiles. a. a pongee fabric made from the filaments of the wild silkworm. b. a lustrous fabric simulating pongee and woven from fibers other than silk. * * * ▪ province,… …   Universalium

• Arroyo de en Medio — (Spanish for: in the middle creek) is a coastal stream in western San Mateo County, California. Arroyo de en Medio rises on the western slopes of Montara Mountain and discharges to the Pacific Ocean at Half Moon Bay at the location of the… …   Wikipedia

• Mekong River — Chinese Lancang Jiang or Lan Ts ang Chiang Longest river of Southeast Asia. Rising in eastern Tibet, China, it flows south across the highlands of Yunnan province. It then forms part of the border between Myanmar (Burma) and Laos, as well as… …   Universalium

• Rhône River — River, Switzerland and France. A historic southern gateway, as well as the only major European river flowing directly to the Mediterranean Sea, the Rhône is 505 mi (813 km) long and navigable for about 300 mi (485 km). It is Alpine in character,… …   Universalium