Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
Arab-Israeli War Six-Day War Six Day War | tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June , Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East |
Arab-Israeli War Yom Kippur War | Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October (on Yom Kippur), Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt |
cooter river cooter Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn river prawn Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
Arabian Arab | a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia |
hippopotamus hippo river horse Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
river otter Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
anchovy pear river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
river prawn | large Australian prawn |
Fatah Revolutionary Council Fatah-RC Abu Nidal Organization ANO Arab Revolutionary Brigades Black September Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in , has conducted terrorist attacks incountries, in the s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group |
Arab League | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
Hudson River school romantic realism | the first coherent school of American art, active from to , painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England |
Berbers Arab-Berbers | an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
Egypt Arab Republic of Egypt United Arab Republic | a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until , site of an ancient civilization that flourished from toBC |
Libya Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean, consists almost entirely of desert, a major exporter of petroleum |
Syria Syrian Arab Republic | an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean, site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization |
United Arab Emirates | a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in , rich in oil reserves |
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates's capital | a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates |
East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
Harlem River | a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx |
Aare Aar Aare River | a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine |
Acheron River Acheron | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon |
Adige River Adige | a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea, Verona is on the Adige |
Aire River Aire Aire River | a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire |
Alabama Alabama River | a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery, flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River |
Allegheny Allegheny River | a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River |
Amazon Amazon River | a major South American river, arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic, the world's nd longest river ( miles) |
Amur Amur River Heilong Jiang Heilong | an Asian river between China and Russia, flows into the Sea of Okhotsk |
Angara Angara River Tunguska Upper Tunguska | a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River |
Apalachicola Apalachicola River | a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border |
Araguaia Araguaia River Araguaya Araguaya River | a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River |
Argun Argun River Ergun He | a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River |
Arkansas Arkansas River | a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River |
Arno Arno River River Arno | a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea |
Avon River Avon Upper Avon Upper Avon River | a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn |
Avon River Avon | a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn |