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Lynmouth river woodland C017 / 8241
Lynmouth river woodland. Stream running over rocks in a valley lined with woods. This area, near Lynmouth and Watersmeet in Devon, UK

Exmoor National Park, Devon. C016 / 3602
Rapids on the River West Lyn at Brendon, Exmoor National Park, Devon

River Esk in spring C013 / 9773
River Esk in spring. Part of the River Esk flowing over rocks and through woods in spring near Danby, North Yorkshire, in the North York Moors National Park, UK

Calidris minutilla, least sandpiper
Plate 320 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

US30 BJA0002
USA, New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest, Fall reflections in stream. Credit as: Nancy Rotenberg / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Iceland, Arnessysla County, Rainbow forms as Hvita River pours over Gullfoss waterfall on summer morning

AUSTRIA: THE STRUDEL. Boatmen navigating the Strudel, a section of rapids on the Danube River near Grein, Austria. Steel engraving, English, 1844, after William Henry Bartlett

UGANDA: LAKE VICTORIA. A view of Ripon Falls on Lake Victoria in Uganda, determined to be the headwaters of the Nile River by English explorer John H. Speke in 1862

STEMBOAT DESCENDING RAPID. Wood engraving, American, 1869

CANADA: STEAMBOAT, 1863. A Canadian steamboat running the Lachine Rapids on the St. Lawrence River. Wood engraving, English, 1863

IRELAND: CASTLECONNELL. View of the rapids on the river Shannon at Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland. Steel engraving, English, c1840, after William Henry Bartlett

SALMON FISHING, 1887. Salmon-Fishing in Nova Scotia. Wood engravings from an American newspaper of 1877

RAILROAD BRIDGE, c1853. Viaduct of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Wood engraving, American, c1853

RAILROAD BRIDGE, c1855. Viaduct of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Steel engraving, American, c1855

RAILROAD BRIDGE, 1838. Viaduct of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Steel engraving, 1838, after a drawing by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)

BEWICK: MAN DROWNING. Wood engraving, early 19th century, by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)

STEAMER ON ST LAWRENCE. Canadian steamer on the St. Lawrence River. Wood engraving, English, 1863

NIAGARA FALLS, 1884. Members of the British Association sightsee at the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara Falls. Line engraving, English, 1884

JOHN WESLEY POWELL (1834-1902) and his expedition running the rapids of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in August, 1869: wood engraving, 19th century

JEFFREY AMHERST (1717-97). Baron Amherst. English soldier. Line and stipple engraving after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, with Amhersts army passing the rapids of the St

JOHN WESLEY POWELL (1834-1902). American geologist. Powells expedition running the rapids of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in August 1869. Wood engraving, late 19th century

Going through the rapids. Illustration shows a young man asking his girlfriends father for her hand in marriage. Date 1901 November 13

Niagara Falls. The rapids at Niagara. Date c1848

Rapids, Honefoss, Ringerike, Norway Rapids, Honefoss, Ringer
Rapids, Honefoss, Ringerike, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Strudel (i. e. rapids), Upper Austria, Austro-Hungary
Strudel (i.e. rapids), Upper Austria, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Shooting the rapids. Date c1891 Nov. 20. Shooting the rapids. Date c1891 Nov. 20

Rapids above Hadleys falls

Rapids on the Shannon. County Limerick, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The rapids toward the pavillion, Imatra, Russia, (i. e. Finla
The rapids toward the pavillion, Imatra, Russia, (i.e. Finland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Whirlpool Rapids and Lower Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, New York. Date c1898

The rapids from the bridge, Imatra, Russia, (i. e. Finland)
The rapids from the bridge, Imatra, Russia, (i.e. Finland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Coteau Rapids, St. Lawrence River. Date c1902

Whirlpool Rapids, looking up Niagara. Date c1900

Lachine Rapids near Montreal. Date c1901

Split Rock Rapids, St. Lawrence River. Date c1901

Sweden - Trollhattan
Trollhattan, Southern Sweden - founded by the river Gota alv, at the location of Trollhattan Falls. In the late nineteenth century

View from Splugenstrasse of the River Rhien
Rapids at the beginnings of the River Rhein, Switzerland. View from the Splugenstrasse toward the Teurihorn. Date: 1910s

R. & O. Steamer shooting the rapids - Montreal
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company Steamboat shooting the Lachine Rapids on the St Lawrence River, Montreal, Canada. Date: 1905

Peruvian river transport - Balsa Raft
A rich European man on a hunting trip, being guided through the rapids by a team of local Peruvian attendants. He is seated on a Balsa Wood Raft, which looks highly unsuitable for the river

View of rapids amongst rocks in river, Falls of Feugh, River Feugh, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, october

Fast flowing river habitat, Langden Brook, Sykes, Dunsop Bridge, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, november

Alien landscape. Computer artwork of a lizard-like alien and an alien building and flying machine in a rocky landscape beneath a red sky

White water rafting. Team of oarsmen navigating turbulent rapids on Snake River, Wyoming, USA

Whitewater rafting
MODEL RELEASED. Whitewater rafting. Team of people navigating a set of river rapids in a rafting boat. Photographed on Snake River, in Wyoming, USA

Stream rapids
Rapids. Mountain stream flowing over rocky rapids featuring small waterfalls and exposed bedrock. This is glacial run-off, water that originates from mountain glaciers

River rapids and mountain cliffs, time-exposure image. Photographed near Vik, Iceland

Upland stream rapids

Gunboat on Nile rapids, 19th century
Gunboat on Nile rapids, 19th-century artwork. This is a British gunboat being handled by ropes as it negotiates rapids or cataracts on the Nile

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