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The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset , a distance of about 96 miles (154 km) , and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001. [1] World Heritage Site on th
#2 Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( / dʒ ɪ ˈ b r ɔː l t ər / jih- BRAWL -tər , Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ] ), is a British Overseas Territory and city [6] located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula . [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1] It has an area of 6.7 km 2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain . The lands
#3 Key West
Key West ( Spanish : Cayo Hueso ) is an island in the Straits of Florida , within the U.S. state of Florida . Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key , Fleming Key , Sunset Key , and the northern part of Stock Island , it constitutes the City of Key West . Island and city
Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia , 160 kilometres (100 mi) northwest of Adelaide . It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall", the other two being Kadi
Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from March 14, 2000, to October 1, 2002, on FX . The series is a spoof of Baywatch , with much of the comedy based on sexual double entendres , puns , innuendo and the like. A major running gag portrayed the handsome David Hasselhoff character as a b
#6 Calabria
Calabria ( US : / k ə ˈ l eɪ b r i ə , - ˈ l ɑː b -/ [4] [5] ), is a region in Southern Italy . It is bordered by Basilicata to the north, the Gulf of Taranto to the east, the Ionian Sea to the south, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily , and the Tyrrhenian Sea to
Duck is a town in Dare County , North Carolina , United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 746. [4] During the peak vacation season, starting after Memorial Day , the population increases to over 20,000. [6] [ unreliable source? ] Duck is the northernmost incorporated town in Dare Co
#8 Gulf Coast of the United States
The Gulf Coast of the United States , also known as the Gulf South , is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico . The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , and Florida , and these are known
Aquidneck Island , also known by its former name Rhode Island , is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island . The total land area is 97.9 km 2 (37.8 sq mi) , which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2020 United States Census reported its population as 60,109. Island
Sant'Angelo della Polvere (originally called Sant'Angelo di Concordia , later Sant'Angelo di Contorta and Sant'Angelo di Caotorta ) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon , in the Contorta channel, not far from the Giudecca and the island of San Giorgio in Alga . An Italian state property, it has a sur
#3 Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands
Hassel Island (also sometimes Hassell Island ) is a small island of the U.S. Virgin Islands , a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea . Hassel Island lies in the Charlotte Amalie harbor just south of Saint Thomas and east of Water Island , with which it is part of the sub-district of
#4 Shetland
Shetland , also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland , is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying at a confluence between Orkney , the Faroe Islands and Norway . It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom . Archipelago in the Northern Atlantic For other uses, see Shetland (dis
#5 Pamilacan
Pamilacan is an island barangay in the Philippines, situated 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) south of Bohol island and surrounded by the Bohol Sea (also called Mindanao Sea). It is one of the of 17 barangays that compose the municipality of Baclayon . According to the 2015 census , it has a population of
The Illes Medes ( Spanish : Islas Medas ) is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the Costa Brava area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea . Administratively, the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca , Catalonia , Spain . The islands are protected as a nature reserve; scuba
#7 Corfu
Corfu ( / k ɔːr ˈ f ( j ) uː / , US also / ˈ k ɔːr f ( j ) uː / ) or Kerkyra ( Greek : Κέρκυρα , romanized : Kérkyra , pronounced [ˈcercira] ( listen ) ) [lower-alpha 1] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea , of the Ionian Islands , [1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin
Credit Island is an island in the Mississippi River on the south west side of Davenport, Iowa within the Quad Cities area. Its name was derived by the use of the island as an early Indian trading post. Credit could be obtained on the promise of hides and skins to be delivered at a later time - hence
#9 Tuvalu
Tuvalu ( / t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ( listen ) too- VAH -loo or / ˈ t uː v ə l uː / TOO -və-loo ; [6] formerly known as the Ellice Islands ) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean . Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia . They lie east
Fernando de Noronha ( Portuguese pronunciation: [feʁˈnɐ̃du d(ʒ)i noˈɾoɲɐ] ) is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean , part of the State of Pernambuco , Brazil , and located 354 km (191 nmi; 220 mi) off the Brazilian coast. It consists of 21 islands and islets , extending over an area of 26
The Alhucemas Islands ( Spanish : Islas Alhucemas , Arabic : جزر الحسيمة ) is a group of islands and one of the Spanish plazas de soberanía just off the Moroccan coast in the Alboran Sea . Island group This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2013 ) Alhucemas Islands Disp
#12 Hirta
Hirta ( Scottish Gaelic : Hiort ) is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names Hiort (in Scottish Gaelic ) and Hirta (historically in English) have also been applied to the entire archipelago. Now without a permanent resident population, the island ha
Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean , northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland . The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest island in the world —and more than a hundred other smaller islands (see alphabetic list ). Greenland has a 1.2 kilom
#14 Hans Island
Hans Island ( Inuktitut and Greenlandic : Tartupaluk , lit. ' kidney shaped ' ; [2] Inuktitut syllabics : ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ ; Danish : Hans Ø ; French : Île Hans ) is a Canadian and Greenlandic ( Denmark ) island in the very centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait in the high Arctic region. The island
#15 Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island ( / h aʊ / ; formerly Lord Howe's Island ) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand , part of the Australian state of New South Wales . It lies 600 km (320 nmi) directly east of mainland Port Macquarie , 780 km (420
#16 Sandhornøya
Sandhornøya or Sandhornøy is a mountainous island in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway . The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) island is located south of the town of Bodø near the entrance to the Saltfjorden . The mainland of Norway lies to the east and the islands of Fleina
#17 Ameland
Ameland ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːməlɑnt] ( listen ) ; West Frisian : It Amelân ) is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands . It consists mostly of sand dunes . It is the third major island of the West Frisians. It neighbours islands Terschelling t
Plum Island is an island in the town of Southold in Suffolk County , New York . The island is situated in Gardiners Bay , east of Orient Point , off the eastern end of the North Fork coast of Long Island . It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its widest point. [1] Island
#19 Terschelling
Terschelling ( Dutch pronunciation: [tɛrˈsxɛlɪŋ] ( listen ) ; West Frisian : Skylge ; Terschelling dialect: Schylge ) is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands , one of the West Frisian Islands . It is situated between the islands of Vlieland and Ameland . One of the West Frisian I
Shimokoshiki Island ( 下甑島 , Shimokoshiki-jima ) is the largest island in the Koshikijima Islands . Its coasts are washed by East China Sea . The island's highest peak is Mount Otake 604 m (1,982 ft) housing a long-range radar station of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at 31.694625°N 129.715992°
Granite Peak , at an elevation of 12,807 feet (3,904 m) above sea level, [1] is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Montana , and the tenth-highest state high point in the nation. [3] It lies within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Park County , very near the borders of Stillwater C
Parliament Hill ( French : Colline du Parlement ) , colloquially known as The Hill , is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their architectural elements of national symbolic importance, is t
Volcán de Fuego ( Spanish pronunciation: [bolˈkan de ˈfweɣo] ; Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", often shortened to Fuego ) or Chi Q'aq' ( Kaqchikel for "where the fire is") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala , on the borders of Chimaltenango , Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments. It sits abo
Mount Henry is a 12,196-foot-elevation (3,717 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California , United States. [3] It is situated on the Le Conte Divide, along the shared boundary of John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park , and
#5 List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
This is an incomplete list of volcanic eruptions in Iceland . Iceland Mid-Atlantic Ridge map Volcanic systems in Iceland Katla 1918 Askja caldera in 1984 Krafla, 1984 Bárðarbunga, Nornahraun-Holuhraun 2014 People on the slopes of Fagradalsfjall, watching the Geldingadalir eruption 2021. Keilir with
#6 Lampak II
Lampak II is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand , India .The elevation of Lampak II is 6,181 metres (20,279 ft) and its prominence is 403 metres (1,322 ft) . It is 142nd joint highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi , is the highest mountain in this category. It
Blodgett Peak is a mountain summit in El Paso County , Colorado . [1] Blodgett Peak is located in Pike National Forest . [3] and at its base is Blodgett Peak Open Space of Colorado Springs. [2] For the canyon in northwest Montana, see Blodgett Canyon . Blodgett Peak Blodgett Peak seen from the Blodg
#8 Tofane
Tofane is a mountain group in the Dolomites of northern Italy , west of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno , Veneto . Most of the Tofane lies within Parco naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo , a nature park. [1] Mountain in Italy For the racehorse, see Tofane (horse) . Tofane Tofana di Dentr
Katla ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰahtla] ( listen ) ) is a large volcano in southern Iceland . It is very active; twenty eruptions have been documented between 930 and 1918, at intervals of 20–90 years. It has not erupted violently for 104 years, although there may have been small eruptions tha
#10 Mount Sinabung
Mount Sinabung ( Indonesian : Gunung Sinabung , [2] Karo : Deleng Sinabung [3] ) is a Pleistocene -to- Holocene stratovolcano of andesite and dacite in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency , North Sumatra , Indonesia , 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Lake Toba supervolcano . Many old lava flows are on
#11 Enchanted Rock
Enchanted Rock is a pink granite mountain located in the Llano Uplift about 17 miles (27 km) north of Fredericksburg, Texas and 24 miles (39 km) south of Llano, Texas , United States. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area , which includes Enchanted Rock and surrounding land, spans the border between
Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park , at 13,114 feet (3,997 m) . It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range , 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometers) northwest of Rodgers Peak . The peak as well as nearby Lyell Canyon is named after Charles Lyell , a well-known 19th ce
#13 South Teton
South Teton ( 12,519 feet (3,816 m) ) is the fifth-highest peak in the Teton Range , Grand Teton National Park , in the U.S. state of Wyoming . [3] The peak is south of Middle Teton and just west of Cloudveil Dome and is part of the Cathedral Group of high Teton peaks. The 40-mile-long (64 km) T
#14 Teufelshorn (Glockner Group)
The Teufelshorn is a mountain in the Glockner Group in the Austrian Central Alps in the central part of the High Tauern . According to the literature it is 3,677 metres high, but the Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives its height as 3,680 metres. It lies on the Northwest Ridge ( N
#15 Kellerspitzen
The twin peaks of the Kellerspitzen ( Italian : Creta delle Chianevate ) form the second highest mountain ( 2,774 m (AA) ) in the Carnic Alps , a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps . The two summits rise in the middle of the east-west oriented Kellerwandgrat , an arête that forms the
#16 Garnet Peak
Garnet Peak is a mountain in east-central British Columbia , Canada, located between Goat Creek and Azure Lake . Situated in the Cariboo Mountains of the Columbia Mountains , it is the third highest mountain in Wells Gray Provincial Park with an elevation of 2,876 m (9,436 ft) . Garnet Peak is a
Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb ( 27.5428°S 153.0728°E / -27.5428; 153.0728 ( Mount Gravatt (mountain) ) ). [3] [4] In the 2016 census , Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people. [1] Map
#18 Tavurvur
Tavurvur is an active stratovolcano near Rabaul , on the island of New Britain , in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera [1] and lies on the eastern rim of the larger feature. An eruption of the volcano largely destroyed the nearby town of Rabaul in 1994. Active stratovolcano nea
#19 Rabaul caldera
The Rabaul caldera , or Rabaul Volcano , is a large volcano on the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain , Papua New Guinea , and derives its name from the town of Rabaul inside the caldera . The caldera has many sub-vents, Tavurvur being the most well known for its devastating eruptions
Little Tahoma Peak , also called Little Tahoma , is a satellite peak of Mount Rainier in Pierce County , Washington and in Mount Rainier National Park . It is quite noticeable from Seattle over 60 miles (97 km) away. Subpeak of Mount Rainier Little Tahoma Peak View of Little Tahoma Peak from Ingra
Glenade Lough ( Irish : Loch Ghleann Éada , meaning ' lake of the glen of jealousy ' ), [5] [6] locally known as Glenade Lake , is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in north County Leitrim in the Glenade Valley. Lake in County Leitrim, Ireland Body of water Glenade Lough L
#2 Lake Ashenge
Lake Hashenge (also ጻዕዳ ባሕሪ Lake Hashange, Lake Hashengi ) is a lake in the southern Tigray Region of Ethiopia . Located in the Ethiopian highlands at an elevation of 2409 meters, it has no outlet. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68 , Lake Hashenge is five kilometers long
#3 IJmeer
The IJmeer is a ' bordering lake ' ( Randmeer ) in the Netherlands . It lies between the De Nes polder (in Waterland ), Pampushaven, Hollandse Brug and the mouth of the IJ in IJburg , straddling the provinces of North Holland and Flevoland . It is an important habitat for birds such as the tufted du
#4 Ketelmeer
The Ketelmeer is the tongue of the IJsselmeer into which the River IJssel drains, it is situated between the polders Noordoostpolder (North-east Polder) and Oostelijk Flevoland (East Flevoland), and connects the river IJssel to the IJsselmeer . It is one of the bordering lakes , a continuous body of
#5 Lake Bathurst (New South Wales)
Lake Bathurst ( Aboriginal : Bundong [ citation needed ] ) is a shallow lake located 27 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of Goulburn , New South Wales in Australia. It is also the name of a nearby locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council . Body of water Lake Bathurst Lake Bathurst at the top of the
#6 Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre , and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England . It is near the village of Dorney , Buckinghamshire , and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton , close to the River Thames . Body of w
#7 IJsselmeer
The IJsselmeer [lower-alpha 1] ( Dutch: [ɛisəlˈmeːr] ; West Frisian : Iselmar , Dutch Low Saxon : Iesselmeer ), also known as Lake IJssel in English, [2] is a closed off inland bay in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland , North Holland and Friesland . It covers an area of
#8 Markermeer
The Markermeer ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmɑrkərˈmeːr] ) is a 700 km 2 (270 sq mi) lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland , Flevoland , and its smaller and larger neighbors, the IJmeer and IJsselmeer . A shallow lake at 3 to 5 m in depth, matching the reclaimed land to its we
Glencar Lough ( Irish : Loch Ghleann an Chairthe , meaning ' lake of the glen of the pillar stone ' ), [4] [5] locally known as Glencar Lake , is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It covers an area of 1.15 square kilometres (284 acres) and lies mostly in County Leitrim with a smaller pa
#10 Enagh Lough
Enagh Lough ( from Irish Loch Eanach 'marshy lake' [ citation needed ] ) is a pair of lakes called East lake and Westlake, situated between Judges Road and Temple Road in Maydown , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . Body of water Enagh Lough Loch Eanach Enagh Lough Loch Eanach Location Maydow
Cowan Lake [1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Beaver River watershed. The primary inflow for the lake is Big River at the lake's southern end by the town of Big River and the outflow, located near the lake's northern end, is Cowan River at Cowan Lake Dam. The dam was origi
#12 Lake Nyos
Lake Nyos ( / ˈ n iː oʊ s / NEE -ohs ) [1] is a crater lake in the Region of Cameroon , located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé , the capital. [2] Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity. A vol
#13 Wolderwijd
The Wolderwijd is a bordering lake situated in the Netherlands , created in 1967 by the gaining of land in Southern Flevoland . [1] It is one of four Veluwe bordering lakes . On the northern and western bank it is encompassed by the municipality of Zeewolde , in the Province of Flevoland, and on the
The Addicks Reservoir and Addicks Dam in conjunction with the Barker Reservoir prevent downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou in the City of Houston , Texas . Both reservoirs were authorized under the Rivers and Harbors Act of June 20, 1938, which was modified by the Flood Control Acts of August 11, 1
#15 Garadice Lough
Garadice Lough ( Irish : Loch Guth Ard Deas (meaning The South Lake of the High Voice ), [4] [5] also known as Garadice Lake or Lough Garadice , is a freshwater lake in County Leitrim , Ireland. It is located in the south of the county and now forms part of the Shannon–Erne Waterway . Lake in County
#16 Grevelingen
Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer ( Lake Grevelingen) is a closed off part of the Rhine - Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland . Brackish water body in the Netherlands partly isolated from the North Sea by a levee This article is about the brackish lake in the
Mount Hope Reservoir is a historic reservoir located in Oneida in Madison County, New York . It includes three contributing sites and four contributing buildings. It was developed between 1883 and 1906 and served as the original source of water for drinking, fire protection, and industrial needs for
#18 Lauwersmeer
Lauwersmeer ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlʌuʋərsˈmeːr] ) is a man-made lake in the north of the Netherlands , on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland . The lake was formed on 23 May 1969, when the dike between the bay called Lauwers Sea and the Wadden Sea was closed. It is noted for bi
#19 Haringvliet
The Haringvliet is a large inlet of the North Sea , in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands . It is an important estuary of the Rhine-Meuse delta . [2] Inlet of the North Sea Designations Ramsar Wetland Designated 29 August 2000 Reference no. 1244 [1] Location of the Haringvliet within
#20 Zuidlaardermeer
Zuidlaardermeer is a lake in the northern part of the Netherlands . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( August 2009 ) Body of water Zuidlaardermeer Beach near Meerwijck Zuidlaardermeer Location Netherlands Coordinates 53°08′N 6°42′E Primary inflows Hunze Primary outflows Dre
The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire , England . There were various proposals for a canal to connect the town of Macclesfield to the national network from 1765 onwards, but it was not until 1824 that a scheme came to fruition. There were already suggestions by that date that a railway
The Kiamichi River is a river in southeastern Oklahoma , United States of America. A tributary of the Red River of the South , its headwaters rise on Pine Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains near the Arkansas border. From its source in Polk County, Arkansas , it flows approximately 177 miles (285 k
#3 Breton Sound
Breton Sound ( French : Détroit Breton ) is a sound of the Gulf of Mexico and a part of the coastline of the U.S. state of Louisiana . It lies off the southeast coast of the state and is partially enclosed by the Breton Islands . For the musical group, see The Breton Sound . Two ships in the United
Bayou Lafourche , originally called Chetimachas River [1] or La Fourche des Chetimaches , [2] (the fork of the Chitimacha ), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) [3] bayou in southeastern Louisiana , United States , that flows into the Gulf of Mexico . The bayou is flanked by Louisiana Highway 1 on the wes
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River , approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana . The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains , flows generally northeast through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and empties into the Yel
Hollands Diep ( pre-1947 spelling : Hollandsch Diep) is a wide river in the Netherlands [2] and an estuary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. Through the Scheldt-Rhine Canal it connects to the Scheldt river and Antwerp . Estuary of the Rhine and Meuse rivers in South Holland, Netherlands Designations Ra
The Susquehanna River ( / ˌ s ʌ s k w ə ˈ h æ n ə / ; Lenape : Siskëwahane [7] ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South . At 444 miles (715 km) long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the Uni
The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile (9 km) waterway in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States . The waterway's proper name, as used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and on NOAA nautical charts , is Inner Harbor Navigation Canal ( IHNC ). The more common "Industrial Canal" name is used locally,
The River Otter is a river that rises in the Blackdown Hills just inside the county of Somerset , England near Otterford , then flows south through East Devon . [3] It enters the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay , part of the Jurassic Coast , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Permian
#10 Glenamoy River
The Glenamoy River ( Irish : Abhainn Ghleann na Muaidhe ) [1] is a river in north County Mayo , in the northwest of Ireland . It is renowned for its stocks of sea trout and salmon . [2] River in County Mayo, Ireland Glenamoy River Road bridge over the Glenamoy River at Glenamoy , County Mayo Native
Lake Pontchartrain ( / ˈ p ɒ n tʃ ə t r eɪ n / PON -chə-trayn ) [1] is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of 630 square miles (1,600 km 2 ) with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m) . Some shipping channels are kept deeper thr
#12 Crabtree Falls
Crabtree Falls is one of the tallest sets of waterfalls in the United States east of the Mississippi River . It is located in the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County , Virginia , off of Virginia State Route 56 . The name of the falls is thought to have come from William Crabtree, who
#13 Schoharie Creek
Schoharie Creek is a river in New York that flows north 93 miles (150 km) [2] from the foot of Indian Head Mountain in the Catskills through the Schoharie Valley to the Mohawk River . It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie Reservoir and the Blenheim-Gilboa P
#14 Lombrette River
The Lombrette river is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River , in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale , in the province of Quebec , in Canada . This river flows consecutively through the regional county municipalities (MRC) of: Cha
#15 Hurricane Canal
The Hurricane Canal [2] is a hand-excavated irrigation canal that diverted water from the Virgin River to the east side of Hurricane , Utah , United States . United States historic place Hurricane Canal U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of Utah Show map of the United States Nearest
The 17th Street Canal is the largest and most important drainage canal in the city of New Orleans . Operating with Pump Station 6, it moves water into Lake Pontchartrain . The canal, along with the Orleans Canal and the London Avenue Canal , form the New Orleans Outfall Canals . The 17th Street Cana
#17 New Orleans Outfall Canals
There are three outfall canals in New Orleans , Louisiana – the 17th Street , Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals. These canals are a critical element of New Orleans’ flood control system, serving as drainage conduits for much of the city. There are 13 miles (21 km) of levees and floodwalls th
Young River is in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand . It lies within the Mount Aspiring National Park and feeds into the Makarora River 3 kilometres (2 mi) upriver from Makarora . River in Otago, New Zealand Young River Location Country New Zealand Region Otago District Queenstow
#19 Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a 107-mile (172 km) common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania , across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jersey to New York Harbor and New York Ci
#20 Remy River
The Rémy River is a tributary of the west bank of the lower part of the rivière du Gouffre , flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain , in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality , in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale , in the province of Quebec , in Canada . For other uses, see