Rivers

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in …

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AUP: Athabasca University Press · 22 November 2024 English

“Dopp looks closely at hockey myths but not solely to debunk them. Hockey on the Moon offers a conversation in the best sense. This is hockey talk that works across …

we [Canadian colonists] claim as Canadian the rivers and lakes and land once owned exclusively by Indians


DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English

The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …

Trudeau’s cabinet, and the cabinet had a bucket list of rivers all across Canada that they wanted to paddle.


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

University of Ottawa.Land Acknowledgement Thompson Rivers University campuses are on the traditional lands Calls to Action are important. However, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is a medium-sized university, He has been an Elder on the campus of Thompson Rivers University for more than 20 years. He is a helper School of Social Work and Human Service at Thompson Rivers University. Her practice as a social worker includes 1968). They also fished and mined gold from nearby rivers. They made containers of clay and weaved and dyed


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The poetic memorialization of the Maghribī city illuminates the ways in which exilic Maghribī poets constructed idealized images of their native cities from the ninth to nineteenth centuries CE. The …

their majestic peaks, dramatic gorges, flowing rivers, picturesque lakes, and azure seas.45 Perhaps


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

shallow, slow-moving waters of lakes and some rivers. Zizania palustris, about whom this book is written the land and sea, and there were fish from many rivers. . . . [The prophet of the First Fire had told totality and instructed the people to explore the rivers in search of such an island. Such an island was


Fraser Institute · 29 October 2024 English

This essay examines the implications of decarbonizing Canada’s electricity grid by replacing existing fossil fuel-based generation with clean energy sources. In 2023, clean energy sources—including hydro, nuclear, and wind—produced 497.6 …

or from the flow of water in the case of run-of- rivers assets. Similarly, wind and solar energy are intermittent


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English

In this integrated cost-benefit analysis, the Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre analyzes the potential of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) to combat water scarcity and enhance sustainable agriculture in Kenya.

“water towers,” forming the upper catchment of most rivers in Kenya. Although they cover less than 2% of the


DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English

Now you can cheer for the Habs every day of the year! The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most storied franchises in hockey. No club has won more Stanley …


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to …

civil government, except in Montreal and Three Rivers, to whom any order could be directed.”19 To give


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 October 2024 English

With a shock, these frankenlines come alive. In Recombinant Theory a monster surges forth, a new freedom is sung.

experience of myself (a man who is a tree and rivers and creeks), I can’t stop looking at the site of and there are part of myself. The towns become rivers and creeks. The page becomes a place I fade into


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