People of the Great Rivers

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Propose your group icon here!-Time to vote-	pierre pouliquin	18	6 weeks ago
Irrawady River, the River of Death in Burma	Y-Not ?	6	2 months ago
Change in the group definition? Voice your opinion here	pierre pouliquin	25	2 months ago
Do you have personal / special links with some great river?	pierre pouliquin	0	8 months ago
People of the other rivers	pierre pouliquin	1	12 months ago
São Francisco river	fernando zarur	3	13 months ago

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About People of the Great Rivers

This group (launched the 23rd May 2007) is about people living on and along the greatest rivers, their connections with the great river.
The emphasis is on the interaction of the people with the water/river; how this characterizes their way of life.

Post: local people seen in connection with the river. People may not be visible, but what makes their way of life connected to the river has to be visible; human activities (spiritual, economic, every days life); constructions; boats; farming, fishing, for example.
Water of the "great river" (as defined below) has to be visible.

Instructive captions are a must!

Don’t post: landscape alone; tourists posing.

This group focuses on people from a limited number of “great rivers”, see list below. But pictures taken in/along the whole basins and tributaries of those rivers are welcome, as long as the picture shows a strong connection with water in local people’s way of life (please indicate to which "Great River" it relates, at least with a tag).

For pictures not falling under those lines, there are other groups, in a similar theme and open to other places, see for example Rivers and River Life
If you really want to share in this group pictures of special interest; showing strong interactions between people's way of life and another river (not in the list), then please don't post in the group's pool, but in the thread "People of the other rivers".


Which river basin belongs to the group is subjective, the list (which may be slightly modified) is:


Africa

The Congo River / Zaire River (Lake Tanganyika ; Lake Mweru ; Lualaba ; Chambeshi ; Ubangi ; Inkisi ; Nzadi ; Nsele ; Bombo ; Kasai ; Kwa ; Fimi ; Kwango ; Sankuru ; Likouala ; Sangha ; Giri ; Uele ; Mbomou ; Luvua ; Luapula)
The Niger River (Kaduna ; Benue)
The Nile River / النيل / Nil / An-Nil / (Bahr-el-Abiad ; Bahr-el-Azrak ; Lake Victoria ; Lake Tana)
The Zambezi River / Zambesi (Chifumage ; Luena ; Kabompo ; Lungwebungu ; Luanguingu ; Luampa ; Cuando ; Linyanti ; Chobe ; Gwayi ; Sengwa ; Sanyati ; Kafue Luangwa ; Panhane ; Luia ; Luenha ; Mazoe ; Shire ; Lake Malawi)

Americas

North

The Columbia River / fleuve Columbia
The Mackenzie River / fleuve Mackenzie / Disappointment River / Deh Cho (Great Bear Lake ; Great Slave Lake ; Lake Athabasca ; Arctic Red ; Athabasca ; Finlay ; Fond du Lac ; Fort Nelson ; Hay ; Liard ; Parsnip Peace ; Peel ; Pembina ; Petitot ; Slave ; Smoky ; South Nahanni)
The Mississippi River (Missouri River ; Ohio River; Arkansas River; Jefferson River ; Madison River ; Gallatin River; Big Black River; Yazoo River; Red River; White River; Big Muddy River; Kaskashia River; Illinois River; Des Moines River; Skunuk River; Rock River; Maquoketa River; Wisconsin River; Chippewa River; St. Croix River; Minnesota River)
The Saint Lawrence River / fleuve Saint-Laurent / Kaniatarowanenneh (North River ; Saint Louis River ; Lake Superior ; Saint Marys River ; Lake Huron ; Saint Clair River ; Lake Saint Clair ; Detroit River ; Lake Erie ; Niagara River ; Lake Ontario ; Thousand Islands River)
The Yukon River / Kwiguk (Lewes River).

South

The Amazon River / Amazônia / Rio Amazonas / Amazone (Marañón ; Ucayali ; Morona ; Pastaza ; Nucuray ; Urituyacu ; Chambira ; Tigre ; Nanay ; Napo ; Huallaga ; Branco ; Içá / Putumayo ; Javary ; Jurua ; Madeira ; Negro ; Purus ; Tambo ; Tapajós ; Tocantins ; Trombetas ; Xingu ; Yapura)
The Orinoco / Orinoquia / Río Orinoco / L'Orénoque (Apure ; Arauca ; Atabapo ; Caroní ; Caura ; Guaviare ; Inírida ; Meta ; Ventuari ; Vichada)
The Río de la Plata / Silver River / the River Plate (Uruguay River ; Paraná River)
The São Francisco River (Paraopeba ; Abaeté ; das Velhas ; Jequitaí ; Paracatu ; Urucuia ; Verde Grande ; Carinhanha ; Corrente ; Grande)

Asia

The Ayeyarwady River / Irrawaddy / Nam Kiu (Mali Hka ; N'Mai Hka)
The Euphrates River / الفرات / Al-Furāt / ܦܪܬ / Prâth / Fırat / فرهات / Firhat / Fərat (Tigris ; Kara ; Murat)
The Ganges / Ganga / गंगा / Gaṅgā (Brahmaputra ; Bhagirathi ; Mandakini ; Alaknanda ; Dhauliganga ; Pindar ; Yamuna ; Kosi ; Son ; Gandak ; Ghaghra ; River Hooghly ; Padma River ; Jamuna River ; Meghna River)
The Indus River / سندھ / سنڌو / सिन्धु / Hindu / Abasin / Sengge Chu (Chenab ; Ravi ; Sutlej ; Jhelum ; Beas ; Sengge ; Gar ; Kabul River ; Panjnad River)
The Kapuas River / Sungai Kapuas (Lake Sentarum)
The Mekong / Mae Nam Khong / Mae Khong / Méigōng Hé / 湄公河 / Lancang River / 澜沧江 / Láncāng Jiāng / Mae Khaung / แม่น้ำโขง / Mènam Khong / Mékôngk / Tonle Thom / Cửu Long Giang / Dza Chu / 扎曲 / Zá Qū / 瀾滄江 / Meigong (Ruak ; Tonle Sap ; Bassac ; Nam Ou)
The Yangtze River / Yangtse / Yangzi / Yangtze Jiang / 扬子江 / 揚子江 / Yángzǐ Jiāng / Chang Jiang / 长江/長江 / Cháng Jiāng / Dangqu / 当曲/當曲 / Tuotuo / 沱沱河 / Tongtian / 通天河 / Jinsha / 金沙江 / Jīnshā Jiāng / Jiang / 江 / Jiāng / Da Jiang / 大江 / Dà Jiāng / Drichu / 'bri chu (Dongting Lake ; Han ; Lake Boyang ; Yalong ; Minjiang ; Daduhe ; Tuojiang ; Jialing ; Wujiang ; Qingjiang ; Xiangjiang ; Lishui / Li ; Zijiang / Zi ; Yuanjiang / Yuan ; Ganjiang ; Huangpu)
The Yellow River / Huáng Hé / 黃河/黄河 / He / 河 / 黄河 / 濁流 / Zhuo Liu (White River / 白河 ; Black River / 黑河 ; Huang River / 湟水 ; Zuli River / 祖厉河 ; Qingshui River / 清水河 ; Dahei River / 大黑河 ; Kuye River / 窟野河 ; Wuding River / 无定河 ; Fen River / 汾河 ; Wei River / 渭河 ;Luo River / 洛河 ; Qin River / 沁河 ; Dawen River / 大汶河)
The Yenisei River / Енисе́й (Bii-Khem ; Бии-Хем ; Kaa-Khem ; Каа-Хем ; Khemchik River ; Abakan river ; Angara River ; Ангара ; Lake Baikal ; Байка́л ; Dalai-Nor ; Selenga ; Селенга ; Selenge ; Сэлэнгэ гол ; Ider ; Tuul ; Oka ; Iya ; Great Kaz ; Tunguska ; Тунгуска)

Europe

The Danube River / Donau / Dunaj / Danubi / Duna / Dunav / Дунав / Dunăre / Дунай / Dunay / Danubio / Duner / דונער (Iller ; Lech ; Regen ; Isar ; Inn ; Enns ; Morava ; Leitha ; Váh ; Hron ; Ipel ; Sió ; Dráva ; Vuka ; Tisza ; Sava ; Timiş ; Velika Morava ; Caraş ; Jiu ; Iskar ; Olt ; Vedea ; Argeş ; Ialomiţa ; Siret ; Prut)
The Dnieper River / Dnepr / Dniapro / Dnipro / Днепр / Дняпро / Дніпро (Sozh ; Desna ; Trubizh ; Supiy ; Sula ; Psel ; Vorskla ; Samara ; Konka ; Bilozerka ; Drut ; Berezina ; Prypiat ; Teteriv ; Irpin ; Stuhna ; Ros ; Tiasmyn ; Bazavluk ; Inhulets)
The Rhine / Rhein / Rijn / Rhin / Reno / Rain (Aare ; Moselle ; Hinterrhein ; Ill ; Schussen ; Wutach ; Alb ; Wiese ; Elz ; Kinzig ; Rench ; Acher ; Murg ; Alb ; Pfinz ; Neckar ; Main ; Lahn ; Wied ; Sieg ; Wupper ; Düssel ; Ruhr ; Emscher ; Lippe ; Oude IJssel ; Berkel)
The Loire River / la Loire (Allier ; Cher ; Indre ; Loiret ; Maine ; Mayenne ; Sarthe ; Loir ; Vienne ; Erdre)
The Volga River / Волга / İdel / Идел / Sari-su / İdil / Атăл / Atăl (Kama ; Oka ; Vetluga ; Sura)

Oceania

The Murray-Darling River (Macquarie ; Gwydir ; Murrumbidgee ; Cotter ; Molonglo ; Tumut ; Goulburn ; Ovens ; Kiewa ; Mitta Mitta)




(Suggestions; corrections, text improvement welcome!!)

Two pictures per day maximum.

Although this is a no-pressure group (no compulsory comment or tag; optional tags suggested: “river people” “pueblo del rio” “people du fleuve”), you are obviously encouraged to appreciate other’s pictures, there are lots of great pictures in the pool!!!

For “active members”: suggestions are very welcome, you may invite relevant pictures, for example use:

Hi, please consider joining and posting your picture in: "People of the Great Rivers"


Some related groups:

Rivers and River Life
Amazonia
Holy Ganges
River Nile
Mekong
Danube river
Mesopotamia
Mississippi River

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