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River. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 - Short introduction to rivers from the Columbia Encyclopedia. Covers definition of a river, erosive processes, and classification, and lists some important river systems.
 
RiverResource - Aims to inspire people to learn about rivers and to share that information with others. Includes a very comprehensive list of river links, bibliography, and database of classrooms studying rivers.
 
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut - Community coalition of river organizations and individuals formed to protect and restore Connecticut's rivers. Site includes map of Connecticut rivers, state legislation, news, background, and contact details for local river groups.
 
Rivers of the World Mismanaged, Polluted - Environment News Service (ENS) story reporting the World Commission on Water's report that more than half the world's major rivers are going dry or are polluted.
 
Rivers of the World: Their Beauty and Majesty - Provides comparative ecological and other information about 16 of the world's major rivers: Congo, Mississippi, Columbia, Blackstone, Volga, Ganges, Pawtuxet, Connecticut, Colorado, Amazon, Missouri, Murray-Darling, Hudson, Nile, Euphrates, and Housatonic.
 
SDSU Center For Inland Waters Salton Sea - Education and research center based at San Diego State University. Areas of interest include water supply and use, water law and policy in the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico, groundwater hydrology, water quality and pollution, aquaculture, restoration, and wildlife protection.
 
Salmon River to Flow Free in B.C. - Environment News Service (ENS) story reporting how the proposed demolition of a large-scale dam in Canada could help to restore salmon to the Theodosia River.
 
Save Hasankeyf Organization - Campaign against the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river in Turkey, which will destroy the archaeological city of Hasenkeyf. Map, photographs and history. Press releases, campaign news.
 
Save the Danube River! - Environmental lawsuit filed in the International Court of Justice seeking restoration of the Danube ecosystem, following diversion of the river by Slovakia in 1992. Includes photos, actions you can take, and details of a plan to restore the river (text in both English and Hungarian).
 
Save the Murray - A not-for-profit partnership between community groups, business, and government to save Australia's Murray River. Site contains information about the river's problems and the programs being launched to address them.
 
Snowy River Rescue - Dalgety and District Community Association - Community group dedicated to saving the Snowy River in NSW and Victoria, Australia from the effects of hydroelectricity and irrigation. Includes information about the river itself and the long-running campaign to restore it.
 
St. Lawrence Centre (SLC) - Canadian Federal research and development center devoted to the hydrology and ecosystem of the St. Lawrence River, one of the world's largest waterways. Site includes project and program details, publications, and events. Bilingual English/French site.
 
Stream Biology - Introduction to the biology and ecology of streams. Includes plants and animals, how a river flows, habitats, food web, how biologists study streams, stream ecology, and other information.
 
StreamScapes Education Programme - Educational programme about streams run by the Coomhola Salmon Trust, Cork, Ireland. Site includes numerous study resources and a "citizens' portrait" database of stream observations submitted by schools and local community groups.
 
Swan River Modeling Project - Integrated ecological modeling of catchment hydrology and water quality for the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Site written by Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia.
 
Sycamore Creek Hydrologic Unit Area Watershed Project - Research project into crop practices based in Ingham County, Michigan. Key management practices promoted are soil testing, field scouting, conservation tillage, cover cropping, application equipment calibrations, manure testing , and record keeping.
 
The Arana Gulch Watershed Alliance - Dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Arana Creek through public outreach and advocacy.
 
The Catawba River Foundation - Community-based organization dedicated to protecting the rivers, lakes and creeks in the Catawba basin of North and South Carolina. Uses a network of trained volunteers to monitor and take action against pollution. The project includes a major public awareness program, political lobbying, and a variety of legal enforcement initiatives.
 
The Changing Yangtze and the Three Gorges Dam - An essay about the history, background, politics and ecology of the Three Gorges Dam.
 
The Dams of the Lower Colorado River - A tour of the dams of the Lower Colorado River. Includes the Hoover, Parker, Davis, Headgate Rock, Palo Verde, Imperial, Laguna and Morelos dams. Includes photographs, history, maps, and links.
 
 

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