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
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Cinco de Mayo
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World Children s Day
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World Space Week
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Indigo bunting
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
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