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Glenn Rivers
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river profile
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Snake (river)
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Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
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river continuum concept
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River blackfish
Gadopsis marmoratus (river black-fish) See GADOPSIDAE.... Read more |
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Monongahela
Monongahela , river, 128 mi (206 km) long, formed at Fairmont, N W.Va., by the junction of the West Fork and Tygart rivers. It flows north, through a valley marked by a decline in heavy industry and coal mining, into SW Pennsylvania, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at... Read more |
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Grand River
Grand River 1 River, 260 mi (418 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing N to Lansing, then NW to Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. It is the longest river in the state and is navigable to the city of Grand Rapids, which grew there because of the availability of waterpower. 2 River, rising in SW... Read more |
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Colorado River (North America)
Colorado River Basin Located in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, the Colorado River is a 2,330-kilometer (1,450-mile) river with its headwatersin the Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado. The river is the primary source of water for a... Read more |
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Manicouagan
Manicouagan , river, 310 mi (499 km) long, rising in E central Que., Canada, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence River near Baie Comeau. The river is an important source of hydroelectricity.... Read more |
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Sittang river bridge
Sittang river bridge. Outflanked by Lt-General Sakurai Shōzō's 33rd Division early in the Burma campaign, Maj-General John Smyth... |
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Burma
...There are several large rivers running north to south—Chindwin, Irrawaddy, Sittang, Salween—and these were...navigable length of the river, as well as on the Chindwin. Almost...and in the hills between the Sittang and Salween rivers, were ... |
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The little-known war
...long road to the bridge over the Sittang River-the shortest route to Rangoon...forced to find their own way to the Sittang River Bridge in a race both against...Moulmein before the long march to the Sittang. Paul meets a British family ... |
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The little-known war.
...long road to the bridge over the Sittang River-the shortest route to Rangoon...forced to find their own way to the Sittang River Bridge in a race both against...Moulmein before the long march to the Sittang. Paul meets a British family ... |
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Revision of Catfishes of the Genus Eutropiichthys, with the Description of...
...vacha limited to the rivers of eastern Pakistan...from the Irrawaddy River of Myanmar to the lower Salween River of Myanmar and Thailand...the Irrawaddy and Sittang Rivers of Myanmar; and E...portion of the Salween River in ... |
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Report on human rights in Burma: Background and current status
...Transportation and communication are easy only in the long, flat middle section of Burma, the valleys of the Irrawaddy and Sittang rivers. Burma's population, estimated at 48 million, is divided between ethnic Burmans (65% of the total) and a number... |
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Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw passes away
...Royal Scouts and later to the 12 Frontier Force Rifles. During World War II, he saw action in the Burma campaign on Sittang River and has the rare distinction of being honoured for his bravery on the battlefront itself. During World War II, he... |
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Stung into stupidity - or heroism
...In one of the book's many memorable scenes, the hero's company of Gurkhas are trapped the wrong side of the Sittang river after the bridge has been prematurely blown by sappers. None of his Gurkhas can swim but he's not going to leave... |
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The forgotten warriors of the subcontinent MEANWHILE
...that, the retreating Japanese forces suffered defeat after defeat, the worst being in Burma at the Second Battle of Sittang River. There the 28th Japanese Army was annihilated. Of an initial force of 20,000 men, only 7,000 survived. The... |
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Manekshaw, a soldiers' General and man behind birth of B'desh.
...around the time when the First World War broke. During World War II, Manekshaw saw action in the Burma campaign on Sittang River as a Captain with the 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment. Manekshaw was leading a counter-offensive against the invading... |
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Why Hiroshima bomb was needed
...Out Here, by George MacDonald Fraser who mentions an incident where this Jap comes howling out of a thicket near the Sittang River, half starved and near naked with his only weapon, a bamboo stake, but clearly in no mood to surrender. Ian |
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Nation has lost a great soldier: Antony
...Royal Scouts and later to the 12 Frontier Force Rifles. During World War II, he saw action in the Burma campaign on Sittang River and has the rare distinction of being honoured for his bravery on the battlefront itself. During World War II, he... |
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