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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Don River, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Don (Дон) is one of the major rivers of Russia.
The main city on the river is Rostov on Don, its main tributary the Donets.
Donets (Донец), is a tributary of Don River, Russia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Don-River%2C-Russia   (577 words)

  
 Don, river, Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The annual flood of the river is controlled by the Tsimlyansk Reservoir.
Rostov-na-Donu is the chief city and port on the Don.
The chief tributary of the Don is the Donets, which connects it with the industrial Donets Basin.
www.bartleby.com /65/do/DonRus.html   (182 words)

  
 Don River Basin - UNEP/DEWA~Europe > Publication > Freshwater in Europe
The Don River is the fourth-longest river in Europe.
Although most of the River is navigable, the water level is very low in August, and the River is usually closed by ice from November or December to March or April.
The main influencing river is the Don, with an average natural flow of 28 km3 (65% of total flow) per year.
www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/freshwater_europe/don.php   (547 words)

  
 Don River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
River, which flows through Ukraine for almost its entire length.
The left-bank tributaries of the lower Don are the
River and the Manych River, which flow through the partly Ukrainian-settled
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/D/O/DonRiver.htm   (107 words)

  
 Flood Warning System for the Don River
The Don River ALERT Flood Warning System was completed in 1989 as a co-operative project between the Bureau of Meteorology and the Bowen Shire Council.
Historical flood heights for all river stations in the Don River catchment Floodwarning network, as shown on the map, are available from the Bureau of Meteorology upon request.
At each flood warning river height station, the severity of flooding is described as minor, moderate or major according to the effects caused in the local area or in nearby downstream areas.
www.bom.gov.au /hydro/flood/qld/brochures/don/don.shtml   (1485 words)

  
 Toronto, Don River
He leaves the impression that all that is involved in the restoration is to remove the concrete walls on the banks of the lower Don and the Keating Channel.
The cattle in turn pooped in the river and the feces were trapped in the bulrushes.
That year, the spring ice flows in the river jammed at the shallow mouth and the river flooded the lowlands.
www.canadafreepress.com /2001/5vol4.htm   (995 words)

  
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The River Don was once famous as one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the land.
Thankfully the river is now clean again and in its upper reaches it is an excellent “small stream” trout and grayling fishery, a place of mystery with secret pools under overhanging trees.
The fish are not big (average about 8 to10 inch) but they are wild and spooky, the fishing is never easy but always rewarding with short rods and light lines the order of the day.
www.pennineflyfishingguides.co.uk /don.htm   (263 words)

  
  City of Toronto: Bring Back the Don, A Vision: The Don River mouth of the future
Moving between the headwaters of the Don River and Lake Ontario,
The Task Force has always wanted to reconnect the Don River to Lake Ontario with a naturalized river channel and wetland.The idea is gaining popularity.
Re-establishing a natural river mouth is an important element of the proposal of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task Force Report, March 2000.
www.toronto.ca /don/vision.htm   (212 words)

  
  Don
Don River, Russia, one of the main rivers of Russia.
River Don, Scotland, a river in Scotland which rises in the Grampians[?] and flows 131 km (82 miles) eastwards to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
River Don, England, a river in South Yorkshire which rises in the Pennines and flows 112 km (70 miles) eastwards to join the River Ouse shortly before it, in turn, joins the Humber.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/do/Don.html   (143 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Don River
The Don is one of the major rivers of Russia.
The main city on the river is Rostov[?], its main tributary the Donets[?].
The Don was known in the times of the old Scythians as the Tanaïs, and has been a major trading route ever since.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/do/Don_River   (136 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Don Goats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Don breed was discovered in 1933-34 by an expedition of the All-Union Institute of Sheep and Goat Husbandry studying goats in the former Lower Volga territory.
Because of its location, these goats were named "Don"; their habitat covers the basin of the Don river and its tributaries.
The Don goats are of medium size; they have strong constitution, good conformation and adequate undercoat wool on the body, neck and belly.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/goats/don/index.htm   (563 words)

  
 Gates to the Caucasus -- Rostov-on-Don
The coasts, mouth of the Don river and a very wide steppe of the river are well known for already several thouthand years.
Don was called Thanais (the stress is on the pre-last syllabus: Tha-na-is) by Greeks.
You can see Don river, a port, and a prospect known as Bol'shoi but it is still not renamed back and you will find that people call it Budionovski.
www.ibiblio.org /sergei/Exs/Rostov-on-Don/rostov.html   (1170 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto, Canada along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west.
Charles Sauriol was a historic protector of the Don.
The Don had been heavily developed in the earlier portions of the 20th century, with several factories, two rail lines and then a freeway, the Don Valley Parkway, being built in the river valley.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Don_River_(Toronto)   (692 words)

  
 Don Horse Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Don Cossacks did not become farmers and were not rooted to the land; their life determined the kind of horse they most valued and they played a major role in defining the traits of their horses.
By mid-century over half the horses in the Don steppes were direct descendants of the original Don horses; that number dropped by half by the end of the century.
A systematic government-sponsored breeding program centered in the Rostov area revived the breed in the thirties and forties and the Don continued to serve in the Russian military until the cavalry was disbanded in 1954.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/don.html   (868 words)

  
 Kostienki/ Kostenki on the Don River, Ukraine
In the Don River region of south-west Russia, deposits that are correlated with Y5 on the basis of detailed chemical analysis are found both in well-characterised archaeological contexts (the Paleolithic sites of Kostenki-Borschevo), and in undisturbed geological contexts nearby.
River Side Locations: Around the villages of Kostenki and Borshevo on the west bank of the Don river series of terraces cut into the chalk cliffs.
The stratigraphy of the second terrace above the floodplain of the Don and of the large ravines was the basis for relative chronology which was established by A.N.Rogachev in the middle sixties in cooperation with the geologists M.N. Grishchenko, G.I. Lazukov, A.A. Velichko.
donsmaps.com /lioncamp.html   (8603 words)

  
 Don River, Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Don River is one of two rivers bounding the original settled area of Toronto along the shore of Lake Ontario, the other being the Humber River to the west.
The Don is formed from tworivers, the East and West Branches, that meet about 7 km north of LakeOntario while flowing southward into the lake.
The Don had been heavily developed in the earlier portions of the 20thcentury, with several major factories, two major rail lines and then a major freeway, the Don Valley Parkway, being built inthe river valley.
www.therfcc.org /don-river%2C-toronto-101283.html   (506 words)

  
 Toronto, Don River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He leaves the impression that all that is involved in the restoration is to remove the concrete walls on the banks of the lower Don and the Keating Channel.
The cattle in turn pooped in the river and the feces were trapped in the bulrushes.
That year, the spring ice flows in the river jammed at the shallow mouth and the river flooded the lowlands.
www.torontofreepress.com /2001/5vol4.htm   (984 words)

  
 Don Region - history and culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rostov-on-Don is the capital of the Don Cossack region and is ussually called "The Gates of the Caucasus".
Don Region is well-known of its cultural and folk traditions.
The Rostov region is the native land of the famous Russian authors Anton Chekhov and Mikhail Sholokhov, the Winner of the Noble Prize for Literature.
www.rnd.runnet.ru /region/donreg.html   (173 words)

  
 The Don River RAP
The impressive results of volunteers’ labours are scattered throughout the 360 square kilometres of the Don River basin.
The Don Valley Brickworks project addresses the Lower Don River from the Forks of the Don, where the East and West Don and Taylor Creek meet, down to Lake Ontario.
The rehabilitation of the Don River watershed is just one component of the Toronto and Region Remedial Action Plan (rap), and the Don Watershed Regeneration Council is just one of more than 20 watershed groups involved in RAP-related activities in the Toronto and Region Area of Concern (aoc).
www.on.ec.gc.ca /laws/coa/2001/don-river-e.html   (1624 words)

  
 Don (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Don (river) (ancient, Tanais), river of Russia, about 1,963 km (1,220 mi) long.
Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), city, capital of Volgograd Oblast, in south-west Russia on the River Volga.
In 1552 Muscovite armies conquered and annexed the Tatar kingdom of Kazan; Astrakhan, another Mongol stronghold, became a Russian territory in 1556....
uk.encarta.msn.com /Don_(river).html   (100 words)

  
 Horses - The Don - Horse and Pony Breeds on Equiworld - Online Equestrian Information
The Don was an ideal Cossack horse and it used to be in great demand by the Cossacks, who joined the Cossack force with their own horses.
This feature, which occurs with many steppe and forest breeds, is caused by the adaptation of the horse to the rigors of continental climates, their ability to live of rough foods and accumulate in their system reserves of fat that would last them through the frosty spells in winter and drafts in summer.
Since the 14th century Cossacks settled on the Don river, at first as fugitives from serfdom, and then as defenders of the Crown against the hordes of nomads who were sweeping through the southern Russian steppes.
www.equiworld.net /uk/horsecare/Breeds/don   (1144 words)

  
 Bringing Back The Don River - The Virtual Reference Library - Toronto Public Library
It is estimated that the Don was 'born' over 13,000 years ago and that native peoples such as the Mississauga Indians gradually established seasonal encampments on the Don centred around activities such as hunting, fishing, food gathering and trading.
Because the river is intertwined with so many prominent individuals, events and buildings in the city's history, there are many sources of information on the history of the Don.
Don River Watershed: State of the Ecosystem, prepared in 1992 by Paragon Engineering Limited and Ecologistics Limited for the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, provides a detailed contemporary analysis of the quality of the environment within the Watershed.
vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca /helpfile/ss_b0003.html   (1807 words)

  
 TRCA - Water Protection - Watershed Strategies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The West Don Lands is an 80-acre parcel of land located in the east downtown of the City of Toronto between the mouth of the Don River and the original ten blocks of the old Town of York.
The Don Watershed Regeneration Council is a watershed-wide advisory committee comprised of elected officials, as well as representatives from the general public, municipalities, stakeholder agencies and environmental groups.
Milne Hollow is a six-hectare river valley park located on the East Don River at the northern edge of the Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve.
www.trca.on.ca /water_protection/strategies/don   (2341 words)

  
 History of the Don Rowing Club
The Don wrote to the Commission with their plans for a building 20 feet by 70 feet to be built on the site, erected at their own expense and removed when instructed by the Commission.
The Don countered that they would withdraw their objection if the city would make a suitable financial settlement, giving them money for their present boathouse, which would be totally useless to the rowers after the landfill operations, and for the inconvenience of being displaced.
Knowing that the Don Rowing Club was also looking for a new place for their activities, the DRC was approached to become part of this new aquatic facility.
www.donrowingclub.com /history/history.html   (4584 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Russian Don Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The breed originated in the area near the Don and Volga Rivers in the southern Soviet Union.
The Don stands between 15.1 and 16 hands and appears in varying solid colors such as chestnut, bay, and gray.
The Don Horse, a native of the Soviet Union, gained its name from the region near the Don River where it has been bred since the 1700's.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/russiandon/index.htm   (366 words)

  
 Priestriver.org, your information source for Priest River, Idaho
Priest River’s location at the juncture of the Pend Oreille and Priest rivers in the heart of the Selkirks lends itself to an abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities.
The Mudhole, which is at the town’s east entrance where the Priest River enters the Pend Oreille, also has an RV and tent campground, boat launch and fishing area.
Priest River has 44 miles of shoreline between Priest Lake and the town of Priest River perfect for canoeing, rafting and fishing with its rapids and slow-moving stretches.
www.priestriver.org /outdoor.html   (547 words)

  
 The Powell River Peak - Don McPhee wins summer bonspiel
The A event final, in an enormously successful Summer Bonspiel for the Powell River Curling Club from August 10 to 13, was a nail-biter.
Smith and his team were bonspielers in the truest sense as they were the last to leave the social events but became fierce competitors when they stepped onto the ice.
Don Barnowsky, skipping the Doug Seeling rink from Comox, pulled off a miracle comeback in the B event against Cliff Samokeski from Powell River.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1998&dept_id=221588&newsid=17063128&PAG=461&rfi=9   (668 words)

  
 Don River, Russia - Definition, explanation
The Don (Дон) is one of the major rivers of Russia.
The main city on the river is Rostov on Don, its main tributary the Donets.
This part of the river saw Operation Uranus, one of the turning points of the Second World War.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/do/don_river__russia.php   (268 words)

  
 The Mississippi River You Don't Know - Science - RedOrbit
Sitting in his boat on the part of the river that forms the Wisconsin-Iowa border, he was surrounded by a picture of beauty.
He knows the sudden appearance of the bass on the main channel of the river is a sure sign of fall on the Mississippi.
He remembers the days of his youth, when he and his family would camp along the banks of the mighty river and fish for most of the day.
www.redorbit.com /news/science/688615/the_mississippi_river_you_dont_know/index.html?source=r_science   (1016 words)

  
 Volga River information - Search.com
The Volga river in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe.
The Volga is of great importance to inland shipping and transport in Russia: all the dams in the river have been equipped with large (double) ship locks, so that vessels of considerable dimensions can actually travel from the Caspian Sea almost to the upstream end of the river.
Connections with the Don River and the Black Sea are possible through the Volga-Don Canal.
webshots.search.com /reference/Volga_River?redir=1   (1227 words)

  
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Dangerous Don comes to us from the tundras of Alaska where he used to boat by day and sleep under a raft at night with little more than a wool cap and a supply of yak jerky.
The Wenatchee is Don's favorite river and the bigger the water, the better.
When not in the water, Don loves spending time with his 5 year old daughter, Taylor, and his wife, Tanya.
www.riverrecreation.com /guides/guides.aspx?g=DangerousDon   (144 words)

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