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  wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Arda was created, together with the rest of Eä, through the Music of the Ainur for the Children of Ilúvatar (that is, Elves and Men).
South of Middle-earth was the Dark Land and east of it was the Land of the Sun.
Arda Marred is the name given to the world as it is: the world after the wars of the Valar and Melkor, and the dispersing of Melkor's fëa in the entire world.
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 Rhodope Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Very interesting are the Karst areas with their deep river gorges, large caves and specific sculptured forms such as the Trigrad Gorge, the caves Devil's Throat, Uhlovitsa, Yagodinska, the Wonderful Bridges.
To the North is the valley of the Maritsa river, to the South - the White sea plain, to the West – the valley of the Mesta river, the Avramovi Kolibi saddle, Lyuta Reka, the Yundola Saddle and the river Yadenitca, to the east - the valleys of Borovitza and Arda rivers.
Temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius are common, and due to this, the Rhodopes are the southernmost place in the Balkans where we can see trees such as Norway Spruce and Silver Birch.
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 Po River - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mount Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the
It is the longest Italian river and goes through many important Italian towns, including Turin and (indirectly) Milan.
The vast valley around the Po is called Pianura Padana and is so efficiently connected by the river that the whole valley became the main industrial area of the country.
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The Varbitsa river is situated in the heart of the Kardjali region of Bulgaria – one of the country’s most interesting and challenging regions, of which once was expected to blow up inter-ethnic strife and destabilization.
The further hypothesis being that there is nothing like a river, which runs along its course irrespective of ethnic and other divisions, to unite all communities along its banks in the common effort to have access to clear water.
It is taken, in the area, as a blueprint for the future construction of a Council along the entire length of the Arda river, covering two Regions (Smolyan and Kardjali), with a centre at Kardjali.
www.nbu.bg /departments/d3.php?p=csp&l=research&a=watershed   (2235 words)

  
 Maritsa River --  Encyclopædia Britannica
river in Bulgaria, rising in the Rila Mountains southeast of Sofia on the north face of Musala Peak.
The smallest, in the far east of the country, is that of the Aras River, which rises south of Erzurum and flows east for some 250 miles to the frontier with Azerbaijan, eventually reaching the Caspian Sea.
Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
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 BGGLOBE - Bulgaria travel guide, аccomodation in Bulgaria, tourism, landmarks, holidays, vacations, sea, mountain, ...
Kardjali is settled in the heart of Eastern Rhodopes mountain range, along the two banks of the Arda River, on both sides of which are the two big water dams – Studen kladenets to the east and Kardjali – to the south.
The town on the Arda River is situated at the distance of 250 km.
The medieval fortress of Perperikon is located in the valley of a small river, only 7 kilometers to the south – east of the town.
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 Po River at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The river Po is the the largest Italian river flowing into the...
Italy River Cruises: Po River cruises, River Cruise Tours of Europe and Italy, Italy river cruise tour on the Po...
Italy's longest river flows through the northern region of the country and empties into the...
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Species diversity in the river basins under study seemed to be highest in the larger basins: those of the Maritsa (1263 recorded species from 40 systematic groups), the Tundzha (662/35), and the Arda (604/31) (Table 2).
Because the degree of study of species diversity within individual river basins was uneven, the conclusions about the current state of knowledge of biodiversity at the watershed scale should be considered approximate.
The upper stretch of the Arda River was among the many water bodies affected by toxic pollution, receiving heavy metals from the mining and processing enterprises in the region.
www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/europe/bulgaria/bulgaria9.html   (5234 words)

  
 Sirion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
River Sirion of whom many songs are made.
Sirion was the river in Arda who carried most water, though not the longest, to the sea.
From its source at Eithel Sirion in the Mountains of Mithrim high up in the North at the Eastside of the Mountains, it ran 40 miles along the foothills of the mauntains to the Fen of Serech where the first of its many tributaries; Rivil, joined.
www.annalsofarda.dk /Annals-of-Arda/places-index/Places-Beleriand/Sirion.htm   (216 words)

  
 Dams/Lakes/Rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Studen Kladenets is a dam on the River Arda, located near the town of Kardzhali.
The Maritsa River is 480kms long, originating in the Rila Mountains and flowing south through the country.
Situated in the valley of the Luda Kamchia River - 1km from the village of Tzoveno.
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 The Ancient Medieval Fortress of Perperikon
According to the Bulgarian scientists the name of the city came from the presence of such a fortress.
The maps showed that near the Arda river there was a big city called Pergamon, which was also the first name of the legendary Troy.
The experts are still exploring the possibility that both Pergamon and Perperikon were used for the same city.
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 Po River Article, River Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Po River flows 652 kilometers from west to east across northern Italy, from MountMonviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
It is the longest Italian river and goes through many important Italian towns,including Turin and (indirectly) Milan.
The vast valley around the Po is called Pianura Padana and is so efficiently connected by the river that the wholevalley became the main industrial area of the country.
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 Ardaoneon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
It is possible that both hrýðer and Heriede- are adaptation of a later form of Arda, *Erið-.
See Arduara, where Yarcombe, on the river Yarty, is recorded Erticoma, Ertacomestoca 1086.
Hardham (TQ0317) is on the River Rother, and is connected by the Roman road Margary 15 to the next entry Nauimago regentium (RandC 44) Chichester.
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 Campaign Color: Freelanced RPG Material   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Much as the rules are the 'Play-by-Play" of any RPG campaign, the content is the "Color Commentary." I hope to provide content (people, places and things) that a GM can drop right into their games.
River's Fork is an ordinary but not ordinary village suitable for any setting.
This missive contains a brief history of Arda, a brief discourse on Arda's geography, the races of Arda, the deities of Arda, and the specific details on the continent of Tarna, home of most of the campaigns on Arda.
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 Po River : Po   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This page is about the Po river in Italy.
Po can also refer to: The chemical element Polonium or one of the Teletubbies.
The Po River flows about 652 kilometers from west to east across northern Italy, from Mount Monviso[?] (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
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 The Official Tourism site for Destination Bulgaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Kurdjali is located in the very heart of the Eastern Rhodopes, along the two banks of the Arda River, on both sides of which are the two big dams - Studen Kladenets Dam to the east and Kurdzhali Dam to the south.
It is situated at the distance of 250 km, 100 km and 81 km south-east of Sofia, Plovdiv and Assenovgrad and is a regional administrative centre.
The medieval fortress of Perperek is located in the valley of a small river, only 7 kilometres to the south-east of town (in the direction of Haskovo).
www.bulgariatravel.org /etis/bycity.php?cityID=152®ionID=8   (522 words)

  
 News from Bulgaria / May 22, 96
Greece collects the waters in the Kiprinos dam, some 2 km down the place where Arda river crosses the border, and uses them for irrigation of some 22,000 ha of agricultural lands.
The Louda river has been planned to be consolidated with special structures.
The consolidating activities of the two rivers near Ivailovgrad were included in a project three years ago, but have not been launched yet due to the Greek party's lack of initiative.
www.hri.org /news/balkans/bta/1996/96-05-22.bta.html   (2512 words)

  
 River Pressreleases international 1999
- Arda river is the only one remaining big river with natural upper current in the Southern Bulgaria, which is among the richest biodiversity regions in the country with 22 kinds of orchids.
EU - Europe's rivers are being destroyed by damming projects, irrigation and pollution from industry and agriculture, destroying species and endangering public health, a leading environmental group said yesterday.
Surveys of 1,000 river sites across Europe show that 11 percent are heavily polluted with organic matter, while nearly all lowland floodplains in Spain have been lost to agriculture, WWF said.
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 Historic Southern Indiana
In southern Indiana, the mouth of the Blue River is near Leavenworth in Crawford County.
This tributary of the Ohio River was named for the prevalence of milk sickness in the area.
They was going down the river [Ohio River], and the sun was a comin` up, an` they said, `look at the rising sun.` And that's right about along where Rising Sun is, an` that's how they named it.
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 ERIC SHARP: Italian angler visits Detroit to catch bass
Italy is much like California in its remarkable geographic and geological diversity, which includes everything from snow-capped mountains to huge river valleys, lowland plains to ocean waves breaking on sun-kissed shores.
I've been on subways in Milan and Rome on which I shared the car with anglers on their way to a lake or river, their tackle in a big backpack with a half-dozen telescoping rods lashed to the sides.
Guida fishes two to four days a month at home, mostly in the Arda River and lakes near Milan.
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 Po River - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Po River flows 652 kilometers from west to east across northern Italy, from Mount Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
This river is subject to the authority of a special magistrate (Magistrato delle Acque).
This page was last modified 12:06, 29 Nov 2004 by Indopedia user User:.
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Kaoping River Bridge - A cable-stayed bridge is situated at the border of Kaohsiung and Pingtung Country.
Opened in 1896 as part of the Millennium celebrations, the design is elegant but simple and the bridge vies with the Chain bridge for the accolade of the most beautiful river crossing in Budapest.
1931 highway bridge over the Hudson River, New York, New York, USA (3500 ft/1067m) For a number of years it was the longest bridge in the world.
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 Encyclopedia of Arda: River Anduin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A long river running north to south, east of the Misty Mountains
The River Langwell in the far north of Middle-earth
The Great River that ran for hundreds of miles southwards through Middle-earth, until it reached the sea in the Bay of Belfalas.
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 Rhodope Mountains --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Between the Sredna and Balkan mountains lie several basins: from west to east, the basins are marked by the towns of Sofia,...
town, southern Bulgaria, on the Cherna River in the southeastern Rhodope Mountains.
A northwestern section of the Rhodope Mountains, it has an area of 1,015 square miles (2,629 square km) and extends for about 50 miles (80 km) between the Thracian Plain at central Bulgaria and the Struma River.
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 Plovdiv Guide and Plovdiv - the Tourism, Tradition and Culture Center of Bulgaria
The various landscape — high peaks surrounded by picturesque valleys and centuries-old coniferous and deciduous forests, long ridges cut by tourist routes, rivers and streams with water crystal-clean and cold, sky-blue lakes, magnificent rock figure-resembling formations everywhere around that part of Bulgaria.
The Middle Rhodope Mountains reach to the Vucha River to the east, and to the lower course of the Arda River, the biggest one in the Rhodope Mountains.
The Rhodope village of Orehovo is situated south 10 km south of the village of Hvoyna, in the river valley of the Oreshitsa River.
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 FictionPress.Com Story : Two side's of a blade: a queen and her lover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Elves like to give long powerful names to there children, some times they describe the child's appearance or destiny, other times they are names for families that have been handed down throw generation.
Minhiriath the eleven city means between too rivers.
The too rivers in question are kuu, a silver river that flows to the sea, and Arda, a river of muddy red water that flows throw the snow mountains.
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 Po River : Po river   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Current city Street: Po River : Po river <
"I fear no gardener better go and build your bridge." So he threw a ladder athwart the river, and laid the planks in laughed the Duchessa.
Peter waved his hand, as who should modestly deprecate credit of the invention.
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 No more power for Turkey? - Business news
Ceylan said last Friday that his company would remain involved in the project after being on the verge of leaving it because of suffering financial difficulties in the past three years, the BGNES news agency reported.
The $220 million project, including three hydroelectric power plants on the Arda River in the Rhodope Mountains region, was meant to create some 3000 jobs for Bulgarian ethnic Turks, who are plagued by poverty and unemployment.
After being inaugurated with a lavish ceremony, it has remained on the books for some four years as the previous Bulgarian government headed by Ivan Kostov refused to guarantee loans that Ceylan intended to borrow for the project.
www.sofiaecho.com /article/no-more-power-for-turkey/id_7007/catid_23   (512 words)

  
 Arda River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Arda River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
[Categories: Rivers of Turkey, Greek rivers, Bulgarian rivers]
The merging of the waters of the Evros (Meriç in Turkey) caused streets and buildings including homes to be flooded and people to be stranded in their homes.
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