If you are a nature enthusiast, or simply enjoy listening to the sound of rumbling rivers, you might like to know that today is World Rivers Day. First held in 2005 during the United Nations" "Water for Life’ campaign, it was proposed by Canadian river conservationist Mark Angelo, who founded BC Rivers Day in western Canada in 1980. World Rivers Day is held on the fourth Sunday of September to celebrate and raise awareness of the benefits that rivers provide to people and the planet.
World Rivers Day
Today in History
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A giant relic in Java
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Pups of the prairie
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Mardi Gras flower power
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World Octopus Day
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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Bird s-eye view on World Environment Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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The long and wiggling path
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Everyone s watching the Perseids
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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World Maritime Day
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
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Fall for Chile
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International Women s Day
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Gateway to America
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Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
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Upstate autumn
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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On this shore, history was made
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World Poetry Day
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Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
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The cycle begins anew
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