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Drove home from N.C. and rolled into Pittsburgh @ sunrise. Despite my fatigue I couldn't resist a couple of shots of home. It was good to be back.
The end of the water meadow where the Hems (in the centre of the picture) flows into the Dart (in the foreground) in Devon.
A Confluence
Between here and the island, the waves converge
in a confluence of green water, biting off granite,
grinding it to a sand that blinds with whiteness.
At the moment of spilling over, breakers clash
and cross; spume spurts upwards, and the currents
pass through themselves, so that water flows both
ways simultaneously: all those molecules impelled
to wash and writhe in a foaming flux of contraries.
And think yourself a cuttlefish, or a nautilus, caught
in that crossfire of fluid, surrendering your jellied
fluorescence to this age-long war of water, choked
in a flurry of sea-borne sand, wide eyes blearing –
you delicate, transient thing, crushed and drowning
while the water strives forever, endlessly strafing.
Poem by Giles Watson, 2013. Inspired by the confluence of tidal water between Mistaken Island and Goode Beach, Albany, Western Australia.
Narsingpur, at the confluence of the Bhima and the Nira, in the extreme south-east of the Pune district, about twelve miles south-east of Indapur, has a temple of Shri Lakshmi Narsinh. The temple is the Kuldaiwat (Family deity) for a number of Marathi families of different castes. Granite flights of steps lead to the river bed at the confluence. [Mr. Norman's Report on Poona temples. Dr. Burgess'Lists, 81.] The temple was built by the chief of Vinchur in Nasik about 150 years ago at a cost of about £45,000 (Rs. 4,50,000). The temple is eight-sided, built of black stone, with a gilt apex seventy feet high. Most of the steps are as old as the temple and a ruined part on the south was rebuilt by Vaman Kelkar a Deshmukh of Aurangabad at a cost of about £1100 (Rs. 11,000). A yearly fair, attended by about 4000 people and lasting two days, is held in honour of the god on the bright fourteenth of Vaishakh or April-May.
At the confluence of Soda Butte Creek and the Lamar River, Yellowstone
For whatever combination of reasons, this area is one of the richest wildlife locations on the planet, not just for numbers of animals, but for diversity of species. In the dog family alone, over there years, I've seen wolves, coyotes, and foxes from this spot.
20 feet under north Denver, this beast of a drain moves all the deicer-tainted water of a thousand city blocks. It's big - this main pipe is at least ten feet in diameter. It's also pretty old as far as Denver drains go; the pipe to the left contains a build date of January 1941 just above the letters 'WPA' (representing the Works Progress Administration).
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The confluence of the Rivers Ystwyth and Milwyn, both lively due to recent rain. Location: Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion.
The confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, with the Cascades looming behind.
Canon 20D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
Arrivals.
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September 17, Princeton, New Jersey.
This is the confluence where the Colorado River (the river on the lower end of the photo) meets the Green River (the right) and the water levels are doubled and the rapids begin! In historical records, Powell had stood on top of the canyon where these two rivers meet and wrote that he sensed a great cataract ahead, hence the name "Cataract Canyon".
Joing of Danube at Passau by the Ilz River from the north. The town is dominated by the Veste Oberhaus and the former fortress of the Bishop, on the mountain crest between the Danube and the Ilz rivers.
The Danube is also joined at Passau by the Inn from the south giving it the name Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers."
Ghent in english: Gent in dutch, Gand in french, Gant in Catalan, Gante in Spanish is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university.
The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding towns of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 240,191 inhabitants in the beginning of 2009, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) and has a total population of 594,582 as of 1 January 2008, which ranks it as the fourth most populous in Belgium. The current mayor of Ghent, Daniël Termont, leads a coalition of the sp.a, Groen and Open VLD.
The ten-day-long "Ghent Festival" (Gentse Feesten in Dutch) is held every year. About two million visitors attend.
Archaeological evidence shows human presence in the region of the confluence of Scheldt and Lys going back as far as the Stone Age and the Iron Age. Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived from the Celtic word 'ganda' which means confluence. There are no written records of the Roman period but archaeological research confirms that the region of Ghent was further inhabited.
When the Franks invaded the Roman territories (from the end of the 4th century and well into the 5th century) they brought their language with them and Celtic and Latin were replaced by Old Dutch.
Around 650, Saint Amand founded two abbeys in Ghent: the Saint Peter Abbey (nl) (Blandinium) and the Saint Bavo Abbey (nl). The city grew from several nuclei, the abbeys and a commercial centre. Around 800, Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, appointed Einhard, the biographer of Charlemagne, as abbot of both abbeys. In 851 and 879, the city was however attacked and plundered twice by the Vikings.
The city recovered and flourished from the 11th century on. By the 13th century, Ghent was the biggest city in Europe after Paris; it was bigger than Cologne, or Moscow.] Within the city walls lived up to 65,000 people. The belfry and the towers of the Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church are just a few examples of the skyline of the period.
The rivers flowed in an area where a lot of land was periodically flooded. These richly grassed 'meersen' ("water-meadows": a word related to the English 'marsh' were ideally suited for herding sheep, the wool of which was used for making cloth. During the Middle Ages Ghent was the leading city for cloth.
The wool industry, originally established at Bruges, created the first European industrialized zone in Ghent in the High Middle Ages. The mercantile zone was so highly developed that wool had to be imported from Scotland and England. This was one of the reasons for Flanders' good relationship with Scotland and England. Ghent was the birthplace of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Trade with England (but not Scotland) suffered significantly during the Hundred Years' War.
The city recovered in the 14th century, when Flanders was united with neighbouring provinces under the Dukes of Burgundy. High taxes led to a rebellion and eventually the Battle of Gavere in 1453, in which Ghent suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of Philip the Good. Around this time the center of political and social importance in the Low Countries started to shift from Flanders (Bruges–Ghent) to Brabant (Antwerp–Brussels), although Ghent continued to play an important role.
In 1500, Juana of Castile gave birth to Charles V, who became Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Although native to Ghent, he punished the city after the 1539 Revolt of Ghent and obliged the city's nobles to walk in front of the emperor barefoot with a noose (Dutch: strop) around the neck; since this incident, the people of Ghent have been called "Stroppendragers" (noose bearers). The Saint Bavo Abbey (nl) was abolished, torn down, and replaced with a fortress for Spanish troops. Only a small portion of the abbey was spared demolition.
The late 16th and the 17th centuries brought devastation because of the Eighty Years' War. The war ended the role of Ghent as a center of international importance. In 1745, the city was captured by French forces during the War of the Austrian Succession before being returned to Austria following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
In the 18th and 19th centuries the textile industry flourished again in Ghent. Lieven Bauwens, having smuggled the plans out of England, introduced the first mechanical weaving machine on the European continent in 1800.
The Treaty of Ghent formally ended the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States. After the Battle of Waterloo, Ghent became a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands for 15 years. In this period, Ghent established its own university (1817) and a new connection to the sea (1824–27).
After the Belgian Revolution, with the loss of port access to the sea for more than a decade, the local economy collapsed and the first Belgian trade-union originated in Ghent. In 1913 there was a World exhibition in Ghent. As a preparation for these festivities, the Sint-Pieters railway station was completed in 1912. Ghent was occupied by the Germans in both World Wars but escaped severe destruction and was liberated by the British 7th Desert Rats Armoured Division on 6 September 1944.