Most Interesting Rivers...

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are those that end in a delta! 😊

And an inverted river delta is special category of river delta in which the narrow end of the delta emerges on the seafront and the wide end is located further inland, so that with respect to the seafront, the locations of both ends of the delta are inverted. 🍺

Perfect for today's world! 🔺
 
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And that brings to mind the perfect Delta House:

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:rolleyes:
 
And iffen you want to, you can sing about it.
This song always reminded me of the William Faulkner story
'A Rose for Emily.'

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7U8sHtALkFA[/ame]
 
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Gotta go with the Mississippi. It starts up north of me, flows right through town, and ends up in the Gulf down by New Orleans. All along are interesting river towns, big and little. For me it has meant a lot of great motorcycle rides, a few car trips, and some boat rides. I hear it serves well for rafts and canoes, too.

Highway 61 follows most of its length, right through the crossroads where Robert Johnson got the blues. Old Man River.

It probably won't go through New Orleans forever. There is a control structure at Simmesport, LA that just barely contains it. Sooner or later, the Mississippi will overwhelm the man-made controls, and take the straight path to the Gulf, inundating the Atchafalaya and flooding Morgan City. Dunno how a river could be more interesting than that.
 
I'll have to go with the Rhine River(its delta in Holland formed by the Meuse and Scheltd)with the castles and vineyards along its banks-spectacular scenery. I lived in Mainz as kid(where my sister met and married a paratrooper from the 504th PIR stationed at Lee Barracks)and was interested in the Middle Ages, castles, knights so traveling up and down the Rhine was esp. amazing experience.
 
My choice for most interesting river is not as exotic as ones mentioned...............it's the Little Manistee in Michigan. The joy of eating lunch on the banks of the Fiddler's Green stretch having waded several miles downstream, in search of a 10" Brown is a feeling, a memory I will carry forever, even if it's for the 20th time. Yes, I've seen the Rhine, the Mississippi, the Seine................but I haven't FELT those like I have the Little Manistee. You fly fishermen understand this. Rounding the bend of a stream looking for that next pool or run, anticipating what fish they may hold makes me happy to be alive. I guess what makes it interesting is the experience Nature provides.
Dave
 
Hiking the Virgin River in the narrows in Zion National Park was very interesting and beautiful. The unusual rock formations, colors and hanging plants were magnificent.

John and I have a lot of special memories tied to the Mokelumne River in CA where we camped for about a decade on BLM land. There was a perfect sandbar next to the river just large enough for a tent, some chairs, and a fire ring. The river there was mostly deep with large bedrocks to lie on and gentle rapids that were perfect for swimming, fishing, rafting, gold panning and just kicking back and having fun. It was a real nightmare getting down to the spot but it was worth it to have such a gorgeous area to yourselves. Some kids playing with fireworks burned the old bridge down and that made it much more difficult to get down. It was great while it lasted.
 
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