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"You can think of the world's rivers as Earth's arteries because they're essential to life."
"Upside down Rivers may sound like an absurd impossibility, except you're in Antarctica."
"For more than 6700km, the Nile snakes through forests, slashes through gorges, and floats through deserts."
"After their confluence, both rivers never mix fully due to the difference in density."
"A striking feature of the Teutonic Knights and their campaigns in the Baltic was how they used rivers in order to move more rapidly."
"The Cumberland River goes through Nashville. Memphis is right next to the mighty Mississippi River, the most epic river, and largest river by discharge in the country."
"This is one of the most scenic River Journeys in the world."
"They are major South American rivers."
"The meeting of waters: once the two rivers meet, their waters refuse to mix."
"It's going to be awesome because finally the fish are in the rivers."
"Navigable Rivers like the Mississippi or the Rhine are tremendously valuable to generating economic activity."
"There's something about a river, it's a moving, living, breathing thing."
"Alabama brings another state-named River to the list with the Alabama beginning just north of Montgomery."
"Rivers are good, rivers are really good."
"Every river tells a story, and here in Washington State, one waterway speaks to the story of an entire region, America's Pacific Northwest."
"Luang Prang, the crown jewel of Laos and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a city where the Meong and Naman rivers meet."
"Catching the fish is just frosted on top of the cake when you're out here on these rivers."
"There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the Tabernacles of the most high."
"Many rivers had up to 20 to 60 times their present discharge, leading to the formation of enormous valleys with small rivers flowing through them."
"Walking these old rivers... it really is like going back in time sometimes."
"Yo, you know what's actually really cool? A lot of these rivers are the source for the drinking water for the places, that's actually pretty cool."
"Yo, you got to bear in mind this is just for States, this isn't even America's longest rivers and we're already hitting 430 miles dude, that is crazy."
"The legends of countless stories and the keepers of the river's spirit."
"Persons love rivers right now. Persons are more nature-based."
"Don't go chasing waterfalls, let's stick to the rivers and the lakes that I'm used to."
"So wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live."
"The darling River behind me and rivers like the darling River are the lifeblood of Inland Australia."
"The goonch catfish, native to the murky waters of rivers like the Ganges and the Mekong, is a true giant among freshwater fish."
"Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky."
"At 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest in the world."
"River Zion okay as it empties out into the Indian Ocean."
"Kim himself was highly experienced... if anyone knew the dangers of rivers at a very in-depth level it was Kim."
"It sits at the junction of two major European rivers, Sava and Danube."
"The River of No Return begins here; the Salmon River winds its way through the Sawtooth Valley on its way to meet the Snake River and eventually the Pacific Ocean."
"Life on Earth was made in rivers, perhaps not born, but made before our ancestors evolved the strength to swim against them."
"We used to believe that our world was unique in possessing rivers, but we now see them across the solar system."
"Ultimately we're after a river that's in good condition that floods in the right places that supports a range of wetland habitats and species."
"For over 5,000 years, these two rivers have sustained life in the region; they have seen the birth of civilization, the rise and fall of empires, and the ethnic and religious strife that is such a part of human history."
"The most exciting part of this river here in Jesmond Dene is finding out that otters have returned to it in recent years."
"India, we worship rivers, rivers are gods and mostly goddesses, like mothers."
"Of all the rivers they had paddled, few were as scenic and beautiful as the Grand Canyon."
"Once people saw rivers, they came to appreciate them for the resource that they were."
"It's the rivers, the rivers get into you, make you feel kind of elevates your soul and your spirits."
"Mighty rivers of the world are often found to have major population centers that dot their shores."
"The rivers are older than the mountains, so they cut these gorges through which it's possible to go through this fantastic barrier, the Himalayas."
"Ironically, despite the name, it's actually one of the oldest rivers in the world."
"The Rigveda gives a list of the rivers in Northern India going from east to west."
"The longest river being the Vltava River, runs straight through the capital city Prague."
"Eventually, all rivers lead to the ocean."
"The beauty of the rivers is to accept everyone."
"I love fishing all kinds of venues, but some of my favorite fishing is on tiny rivers and small streams."
"This whole area therefore is remarkably fertile because of what the rivers are doing."
"What is the longest river in the world? The Amazon? It's not the Amazon, it's the Nile."
"Rivers are powerful, some of the bigger rivers move rocks in the winter time and spring thaw, they're like half the size of a car."
"The waters that begin here will flow thousands of kilometers to their eventual oceanic terminus, providing life and energy to the lands and people along the way."
"Look how beautiful that is, that is a Florida natural spring fed river."
"In geology, we view rivers as more than water coming down the Yakima River, it's carrying a bunch of sediment."
"A place where wild rivers cut the landscape, feeding wildlife and the land."
"If you've got a river, the more diversity the better. Human beings, the more diversity the better."
"Natural Rivers Now has only one mission, and that's to restore our waterways to their natural, pristine states."
"The Mississippi-Missouri river system is the fourth longest in the entire world."
"The river Tay is the longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in Great Britain."
"There are rivers; they flow underground through vast cave systems."
"The sources of many of the world's mightiest rivers begin up here as well."
"Rivers are like conveyor belts of food, they're fertile environments have incredibly high carrying capacities capable of supporting many more fish per acre than most lakes."
"The disappearance of one of the world's most historic rivers coincided with a surprising discovery."
"If you're running fours and five weights and you're on the smaller rivers, it's really something."
"Rivers make V-shaped valleys; glaciers make U-shaped valleys."
"Rivers have always been a source of mystery and wonder."
"Join us in a journey through the winding currents of rivers where history and mystery intertwine."
"Its presence or absence is a vital indicator of the health of our rivers and seas."
"Tidal bores, also known as aegirs, happen when the incoming tide forms a wave or waves that travel up the river."
"The beautiful thing about the ocean is that rivers are always trying to cut down their baseline."
"The rivers throughout Missouri provide a natural habitat for an abundance of wildlife."
"The Orange River is the sixth longest river in Africa."
"River flows are like my favorite thing to do now."
"There's a controversy of the Amazon Nile which one is the largest, longest river. Amazon is larger in width, but River Nile is longer."
"The longest river is the Vistula."
"That Canyon was carved out by a river a long time ago."
"The rivers of North America were a dependable transportation route for indigenous people."
"The rivers Jordana and Lot are no secret in France, but their magic is only just being discovered by outsiders."
"Region One, called Barima-Waini, is named after its winding rivers; it is on these rivers that all life in the region thrives."
"You see the rivers that flow all the way through the mountains and into the city of Calgary."
"Every single settlement, every empire has been sustained by a life-giving river that flowed next to it."
"All rivers are sacred, all rivers are special, every river is holy."
"The thing that I find really exciting is being able to look at these massive river systems that have incredible lakes hooked on the end, hooked on the side, and see all of that sort of vibrating in all its glory."
"Everybody needs to have healthy rivers."
"The rivers overflow into the region's flood plains, they distribute those nutrients into the soil."
"Fishing in the Alpine Lake was fun and all, plus it was great to catch so many fish, but there's still something about rivers, especially wading into them, that's really got me hooked."
"The drying up of the Euphrates River, one of the world's greatest and oldest rivers, has taken the world by storm."
"The two hidden rivers are in Jannah, and the two out in the open are the River Nile and the Euphrates."
"Human civilization has developed around rivers."
"This is by far one of the prettiest rivers we've been to yet."
"This is where the Amazon River meets the Black River, the different colors are due to different soils."
"We know that rivers work; rivers come from mountains, rivers come from places that are higher, and the rivers flow downhill."
"The three largest rivers in the world are the Amazon, Congo, and Yangzi."
"I've always been fascinated by the deltas of massive rivers."
"We have the longest network of rivers that's steady flowing."
"I've driven a few of them, a lot of them."
"The Mississippi River is to the indigenous Africans what the Nile or the Holy River was to Africa."
"The Amazon River is one of the longest rivers in the world."
"I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins."
"We are united in this world by these mighty rivers that flow through these many great lands."