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Humans vs. Rivers | Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
Feb. 14, 2014
“I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.”
- Edward Abbey
The land we currently call “United States of America” is home to more than a quarter-million rivers. Of those 3.5 million miles of water:
235,000 miles have been channelized.
More than 600,000 miles are impounded behind dams.
More than 25,000 miles have been dredged for navigation.
If you take things to a global stage and contemplate that 80 percent of the rivers in China can no longer sustain life, well, you’d have a damn good idea of how some humans choose to perceive (and treat) rivers.
For others (of all species), rivers provide habitat, freshwater, recreation, and contemplation. They offer continuity and a sense of history.
Rivers mean transportation, connection, and boundaries.
Rivers link mountain peaks with ocean depths.
With that in mind, here are a few ways to look at a river…
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