| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
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| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Zayandeh River |
Khaju Bridge |
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The riverside park from the bridge. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Zayandeh River |
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Women having lunch by the river. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Zayandeh River |
|
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Garden by the river. |
2010 |
| Iran |
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Esfahan |
Zayandeh River |
|
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Desert hills overlook the river. |
2010 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Baghdad was founded on the banks of the River Tigris in 762. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Mutanabbi Street |
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Map of Baghdad showing the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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Quishleh is a pedestrian area at the end of Mutanabbi Street by the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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The Quishleh Clock by the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Old City |
Qishleh |
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Man listening to musicians by the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Double decker bus on the West bank of the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Taxi and driver. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the modern town of Samarra and the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace has a large circular area once filled with water from the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Bab al-Amma |
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The gate used to face the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Karbala |
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Shrine of Abbas |
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Al-Abbas ibn Ali was Hussein's half brother and was killed when he went to collect water from the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Babylon |
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The original city walls were next to the Euphrates River which has now changed course and is not close to the ruins. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Babylon |
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Palace of Nebuchadnezzar |
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Nebuchadnezzar is mentioned in the Bible for destroying the Kingdom of Judah in 586 BCE. He exiled the population of Jerusalem "by the rivers of Babylon". |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Babylon |
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Palace of Nebuchadnezzar |
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Walls marking the course of the River Euphrates before it moved. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Cultivation near Nasariya between the two rivers. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Nasariya |
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The city of Nasariya is on the Euphrates River. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Riverside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Scene by the river. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Community House |
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The building faces the Euphrates River. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Taxi and driver near Grdi Go. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The Great Zab River. |
2022 |
| Ireland |
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Dublin |
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Row of Georgian houses North of the river. |
2015 |
| Ireland |
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Dublin |
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Corner bar in the south of the river. |
2015 |
| Ireland |
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Dublin |
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By the River Liffey. |
2015 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Israel Museum |
|
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The Nile God with a Greek inscribed nilometer and a laden ship on the river. From a floor of a building in Bet Shean, 6th century. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Israel Museum |
Gurlitt Collection |
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"River Landscape" (1630s) by Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish). |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Israel Museum |
Gurlitt Collection |
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Detail of "River Landscape" (Jan Brueghel the Younger). |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Israel Museum |
Gurlitt Collection |
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Detail of a boat in "River Landscape" (Jan Brueghel the Younger). |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Israel Museum |
Gallery of Fine Arts |
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"Windsor Castle From The River Thames" (early 1900s) by John Constable (UK). |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Bank |
|
Wadi Qilt |
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Monastery of St George |
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The river is usually dry. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Bank |
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Jericho |
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|
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Bridge over a dried up river. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
Golan Heights |
|
Golan |
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|
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Ban Yas near the border with Lebanon is the source of the River Jordan. |
1986 |
| Italy |
Lazio |
|
Rome |
Piazza Navona |
|
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The Four Rivers Fountain and obelysk. The base sculptures are by Bernini. |
1987 |
| Italy |
Lazio |
|
Rome |
River Tiber |
|
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The River Tiber passes through the city. |
1994 |
| Italy |
Lazio |
|
Rome |
River Tiber |
|
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The river is 406km long and reaches the sea at the nearby ancient port of Ostia. |
1987 |
| Italy |
Lazio |
|
Rome |
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St Angelo's Castle |
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The castle is next to the river and now houses a museum. |
1987 |
| Italy |
Tuscany |
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Florence |
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|
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Florence lies on the River Arno. |
1994 |
| Italy |
Tuscany |
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Florence |
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One of the many bridges crossing the River Arno. |
1994 |
| Italy |
Tuscany |
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Florence |
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Ponte Vecchio |
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The River Arno and the 14th Century Ponte Vecchio. |
1994 |
| Italy |
Sicily |
Central Sicily |
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|
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Gentle river valley. |
2014 |
| Italy |
Emilia-Romagna |
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Parma |
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Mansions in the West of the river. |
2016 |
| Italy |
Emilia-Romagna |
River Rubicon |
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|
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The River Rubicon near Rimini. |
2016 |
| Italy |
Emilia-Romagna |
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Bologna |
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|
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Mural resembling the style of Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. |
2016 |
| Italy |
Veneto |
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Venice |
Grand Canal |
|
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A vaporetto (river bus). |
1994 |
| Italy |
Veneto |
|
Venice |
Grand Canal |
|
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Gondola driver. |
1994 |
| Italy |
Veneto |
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Cortina |
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|
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River. |
1973 |
| Japan |
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Nikko |
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Rinno-ji |
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The gardens by the river. |
1988 |
| Japan |
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Hiroshima |
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Hiroshima Castle |
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The river with Hiroshima Castle. |
1988 |
| Japan |
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Kanazawa |
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 The Sai River. |
2024 |
| Japan |
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Kanazawa |
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The old and the new by the Sai River. |
2024 |
| Japan |
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Kanazawa |
Kazuemachi Chaya |
|
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Row of houses by the river. |
2024 |
| Japan |
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Kanazawa |
Kazuemachi Chaya |
|
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Riverside houses. |
2024 |
| Japan |
|
Northern Region |
|
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|
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River crossing. |
2024 |
| Japan |
|
Northern Region |
|
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|
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River crossing. |
2024 |
| Japan |
|
Northern Region |
|
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|
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River and rain. |
2024 |
| Jordan |
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Amman |
|
Royal Automobile Museum |
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Detail of driver area of the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
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Madaba |
|
Church of St George |
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Jerusalem (front), the Dead Sea (top right) and River Jordan (top left). |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Madaba |
|
Church of St George |
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Cable drawn ferry crossing on the Jordan River at the same location as the current border between Jordan and Israel. |
2019 |
| Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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|
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Houses and cafes along the River Lumbhardi. |
2014 |
| Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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|
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The Lumbhardi River passes through the old city. |
2014 |
| Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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Man by the river. |
2014 |
| Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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|
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Riverside buildings. |
2014 |
| Kosovo |
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Prizren |
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|
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Ottoman houses and mosques by the river. |
2014 |
| Kosovo |
|
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Prizren |
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|
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The crowded riverside on a stormy day. |
2014 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Orto Tokoy |
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River valley. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Orto Tokoy |
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Flat river valley. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Tolok Valley |
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Keng Suu |
|
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The river at Keng Sou. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Tolok Valley |
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|
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Jailoo, river and mountains. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Suusamyr Valley |
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|
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Settlement by a river. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Toktogul |
|
Naryn Valley |
|
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The Naryn River irrigates the desert. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Toktogul |
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Toktogul Lake |
|
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The lake at Toktogul was created in 1976 after the Naryn River was dammed. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
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Kara Suu Valley |
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The fast flowing river. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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The blue coloured Naryn River. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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The river is swollen after a dam was built downstream. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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Trees by the river edge. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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Sandy river bank. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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Isolated building overlooking the river. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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The Naryn River is very blue. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
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|
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The wide river overlooked by rocky hills. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Naryn Valley |
|
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|
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Riverside settlement. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Gulcho |
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|
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River valley near Gulcho. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Gulcho |
|
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Bridge over the river. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Gulcho |
|
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|
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Dramatic eroded landscape in a river valley. |
2008 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
Gulcho |
|
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|
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Dry river bed overlooked by picturesque hills. |
2008 |
| Laos |
|
|
Huay Xai |
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|
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Huay Xai is by the Mekong River. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
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Huay Xai |
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|
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The Mekong River at Huay Xai. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
|
Huay Xai |
|
|
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Public slow boats that ply the river. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
|
Huay Xai |
|
|
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Road by the Mekong River. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
|
Huay Xai |
|
|
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The river at night. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
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|
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Huay Xai from the Mekong River. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
|
|
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The river flows slowly towards the sea. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
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|
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Thailand is on the West side of the river along the border. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
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|
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Parts of the river have differing flow rates. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
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|
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Small villages and settlements dot the river bank. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
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|
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Distant mountains overlook the river. |
2024 |
| Laos |
|
Mekong River |
|
|
|
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The river no longer forms a border and now runs fully in Laos. |
2024 |
