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Originally Posted by forwardone
Nice guess jojo, but as far as I`m aware the Euphrates isn`t a national border.
 Geoff |
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Originally Posted by forwardone
Nice guess jojo, but as far as I`m aware the Euphrates isn`t a national border.
Geoff |
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The Shatt al-Arab or Arvand (called اروندرود: arvandrūd in Persian), also called the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, is a river in Southwest Asia of some 200 km in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in southern Iraq. At the southern end of the river it constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf. Conflicting territorial claims and disputes over navigation rights between these two countries were among the main factors for the Iran-Iraq War that lasted from 1980 to 1988, when the pre-1980 status quo was restored. The city of Basra along this river is Iraq's major port. |
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Originally Posted by forwardone
I see where you are coming from, jojo, but the Euphrates is no longer the Euphrates when it has joined up with the Tigris to form the Shatt Al-`Arab.
So, the River which serves as a small portion of border between Iraq and Iran is in fact the Shatt al-Arab waterway, not the Euphrates. Geoff |
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Originally Posted by WL_mackmirror
The Colorado River
it is just past midnight here in Holland 0.02 Hours |
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It runs through six countries on it’s journey from central Africa to the Indian Ocean. Its unique value is that it is less developed than others in terms of human settlement and many areas along it’s banks enjoy protected status. It's power has carved the spectacular Victoria Falls and the zigzagging Batoka Gorge.
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| The Tornionjoki river is the largest free-funning river in Europe where salmon (Salmo salar) come to spawn. The river runs in Finnish Lapland, on the Arctic Circle, and it is also the border river between Finland and Sweden. The river has several rapids in the Pello area, and currents run strong in many places. River width is 200-500 m, depth 0.5-3.0 m and length 530 km. |
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SALMON FISHING ON THE TORNIONJOKI RIVER The 530-km Tornionjoki river, located on the Arctic Circle in Lapland, is Europe´s longest free-running river where the world´s largest salmon come to spawn. Fishing from the shore and in rapids, with lures and flies. Locals favor harling/trolling, which is recommended only when accompanied by a guide. |
| Situated on the extreme northern tip of the Gulf of Bothnia, TORNIO makes a living by selling booze to fugitives from Sweden's harsh alcohol laws, and catering to the Finns who come here to enjoy the beach, to fish, or shoot the Tornionjoki Rapids. After the Swedish-Russian conflict of 1808-09, the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn around Suensaari, an oval piece of land jutting from the Swedish side into the river, on which central Tornio now sits. With no formalities at the customs post on the bridge linking the two countries, the traffic in liver-damaged Swedes from nearby Haaparanta (in Swedish, Haparanda) is substantial. |
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Iguassu River is about 1,060 km. or 650 miles long. It springs at 900 meters above sea level from the Atlantic coast, of southeastern Brazil and flows in a generally westward direction to its confluence with the Paraná River. The Iguassu River forms part of he boundary between Argentina and Brazil. About 23 km or 15 miles before the junction, are the great Iguassu Falls between 180 and 100 metres above sea level. |
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Originally Posted by jaukki
Paraná River?
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Paraná, river, c.2,000 mi (3,200 km) long, formed by the junction of the Paranaíba and the Rio Grande, SE Brazil. It has the second largest drainage system in South America. It flows generally southwest to its confluence with the Paraguay River, forming the southern border of Paraguay, then S and E through NE Argentina to join the Uruguay River in a huge delta at the head of the Río de la Plata. |
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Originally Posted by forwardone
Looking at those teeth on the Piranhas which jojo has kindly posted would certainly put me off going for a swim with them!
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The most infamous prison in history, it was a desolate place of exile in French Guiana (Devil’s Island was actually a small island off the coast of French Guiana, but the main prisons on the mainland, over time, became known collectively as "Devil’s Island". Just as we have school children (and adults) who have never heard of Hiroshima, there are many more who have never heard of this most dreaded of all prisons. During its existence as a penal colony (1884-1946), more than 56,000 prisoners were transported to French Guiana from France. Of this number, perhaps one-fourth returned to France. Many of those who evaded death in the jungle camps did so by escape—-a feat that became increasingly difficult as the years passed. At first the neighboring government of Dutch Guiana provided sanctuary to those who successfully crossed the piranha-infested Moroni River. Later, as a result of atrocities committed by "bagnards" (the prison was referred to as the "bagne"), the Dutch administration adopted a firm policy of returning all Devil's Islanders except those of German nationality (a policy instituted by Hitler on his accession to power in 1933). Thousands of the less imaginative convicts persisted in crossing to the Dutch side in an attempt to escape down the Moengo Road to Paramaribo, the only passageway through the dense jungle. Catching these convicts proved remarkably simple; Dutch soldiers merely stationed themselves along the road and waited. A Dutch soldier, stationed on the Maroni River, once heard a piteous screaming from the river after dark and went to investigate. About 25 feet from the bank he saw a convict struggling forward, with the water boiling beneath him. Fist-sized chunks of flesh were being torn from his arms, face and chest. The piranhas were skeletonizing the convict before the soldier's eyes; in short order, the convict sank screaming into the dark brown water. No one knows how many convicts fell victim to the piranhas of the Maroni, but even this horror did not prevent them from trying to swim the river. Others were picked clean by army ants in the jungle; several were cannibalized by fellow escapees. |
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Originally Posted by jojomataketa
I was on page 3 and did not realise there was page 4 !...So, missed the fact that Enrich had already answered it correctly!!.....Duh!
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Originally Posted by enrich
Thanks for the last letter, what an answer could
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