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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Autumn’s swan song
-
Space Week isnt over yet!
-
It s Independence Day in Mexico
-
Cue up the tango music
-
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
-
The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
-
Moody skies over Valletta
-
Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
-
Quilts as high art
-
Earthrise on Moon Day
-
Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
-
National Take the Stairs Day
-
Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
-
Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
-
A grand event
-
Dark skies over New Mexico
-
One giant leap for penguins
-
Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
-
It’s Napping Day
-
Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
-
Glowworm caves in Australia
-
Reflections on Memorial Day
-
Surströmming Day
-
How do ladybugs winter?
-
Happy Fourth of July!
-
Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
-
Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
-
Everyone s watching the Perseids
-
Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
-
A traboule in Lyon, France
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

