river pollution
91Illinois River — River, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Formed by the junction of the Des Plaines River and Kankakee River in Illinois, it flows southwest across the state, joining the Mississippi River after a course of 273 mi (440 km). It drains an area of 25,000… …
92Thames, River — ▪ river, England, United Kingdom Introduction ancient Tamesis or Tamesa , also called (in Oxford, England) River Isis chief river of southern England. Rising in the Cotswold Hills (Cotswolds), its basin covers an area of approximately… …
93Delaware River — River in Pennsylvania and Delaware, U.S. Formed by the junction of its eastern and western branches in southern New York, it flows some 280 mi (451 km) to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. Navigable to Trenton, N.J., it is spanned by …
94Weser River — River, western Germany. Formed by the union of the Fulda and Werra rivers at Münden, it flows northward into the North Sea through a large estuary. It is 273 mi (440 km) long. There are several hydroelectric dams on the Weser, and it is linked… …
95Charles River — River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. * * * ▪ river,… …
96Caroni River — ▪ river, Trinidad and Tobago river in northwestern Trinidad, in the country of Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean Sea. It rises near Valencia on the southern edge of the Northern Range uplands and flows roughly west to empty via… …
97Tietê River — at Barra Bonita and Igaraçu do Tietê …
98L'Assomption River — The Assomption River (in French Rivière l Assomption , named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, is over 200 km long, and has a drainage basin of 4220 km². Its source is the… …
99Yarra River — Geobox | River name = Yarra other name = Birrarung other name1 = other name2 = other name3 = other name4 = other name5 = category = image caption = The Yarra River as it flows north west towards central Melbourne, passing underneath the Swan… …
100Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …
