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	River Vale, New Jersey - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation River Vale, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		River Vale is bordered by Montvale to the northwest, Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake (a very small section) and Hillsdale to the west, Westwood to the southwest, a small section bordering Emerson to the south, Harrington Park to the southeast, Old Tappan to the east, and Pearl River, New York to the north.
		River Vale holds the record lowest temperature ever recorded in New Jersey, at -34° F (-37° C) on January 5, 1934.
		River Vale was incorporated as a Bergen County township in 1906.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/River-Vale-New-Jersey.html (1014 words)

	River Vuoksi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vuoksi (Finnish) or Reka Vuoksa (Russian standard transcription) runs in the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus, from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland flowing into Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia.
		The river enters Lake Ladoga in two armlets, an older northern armlet at Priozersk (Käkisalmi /Keksholm) and since 1857 a new southern armlet entering 50 kilometers further southeast at Taipale.
		The junction of the River Vuoksi and Suvantojärvi /Ozero Suhodolskoje is a traditional place for international kayak, canoe and catamaran competitions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Vuoksi (309 words)

	Lake Ladoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the islands are situated near the northwestern coast, including the famous Valaam islands.
		The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea via river Neva.
		River Vuoksi from lake Saimaa in Finland (west);
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Ladoga (298 words)

	River Vuoksi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The river enters Lake Ladoga in two armlets, an older northern armlet at (Click link for more info and facts about Priozersk) Priozersk (Käkisalmi /Keksholm) and since 1857 a new southern armlet entering 50 kilometers further southeast at (Click link for more info and facts about Taipale) Taipale.
		The river is famous for the great (A part of a river where the current is very fast) rapids, for instance at (Click link for more info and facts about Imatra) Imatra and the village of Losevo.
		The river's surroundings, including the (Click link for more info and facts about Korela Fortress) Korela Fortress (formerly: Käkisalmi /Keksholm), is a popular resort for (A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort) Saint Petersburg's residents.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/river_Vuoksi.htm (292 words)

	River Trent - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation River Trent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England.
		The river is tidal downstream of Cromwell Lock to the north of Newark.
		The river marks the boundary between the provinces of two English Kings of Arms, Norroy and Clarenceaux.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/River-Trent.html (228 words)

	Battle of Tali-Ihantala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It lasted from June 25 to July 9, 1944 in the small area (100km²) between the Gulf of Viipuri and Vuoksi river, and ended with Soviet forces giving up, unsuccessfully, on their attempts to force their way through the Finnish defences.
		This was the only suitable terrain for armoured forces in Karelian Isthmus, 10 km wide and limited by lakes and the river Vuoksi on the east.
		Army attacked across the islands of gulf of Vyborg from July 4, but attack to the mainland was thrown back to the sea by the German 122nd Division of the V AK on July 10.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala (763 words)

	River Vuoksi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The river enters Lake Ladoga in armlets an older northern armlet at Priozersk (Käkisalmi/Keksholm) and since 1857 a new southern armlet entering 50 further southeast at Taipale.
		The River Vuoksi connects Lake Ladoga with Finland and was once an important route trade and communication.
		The of the River Vuoksi and Lake Sukhodolskoye a traditional place for international kayak canoe and catamaran competitions.
	www.freeglossary.com /River_Vuoksi (659 words)

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		Of the great European river valleys, the ones located in the ’new’ Europe are major rivers that flow from the West to the East, such as the Donau (Hungary), Oder (Germany), Daugava (Latvia) and Vuoksi (Finland).
		The Vuoksi River was the most important gateway from Finland to the Russian Empire during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
		Before the war the Finnish government constructed the eco- technological system in the Vuoksi River, but it had to be restructured after the war because of the new border established by the Soviet Union.
	www.histech.nl /shot2004/programma/txt/michelsen.asp?file=michelsen (659 words)

	Imatran kaupunki - Ympäristötoimi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When the river Vuoksi was still flowing freely, the amount of salmon in the river was quite large and there were many different species of salmon.
		The old rocky bottom of the river Vuoksi is covered with a thick forest, which functions as a shelter of the bottom.
		The sawmills and factories on the lower course of the river Vuoksi used a lot of wood, which was log-rafted from the area of lake Saimaa down towards Enso and Rouhiala.
	www.imatra.fi /palvelut/ymparisto/luontopolut/naturetrail.htm (4215 words)

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		The River Vuoksi is more than 150 km in length, with an immediate catchment area of 4,100 square kilometres, of which about one-tenth lies on the Finnish side of the border.
		Discharges in the Vuoksi River are subject to an intergovernmental agreement between Finland and Russia on drainage regulations for Lake Saimaa and the River Vuoksi.
		In this case for the River Vuoksi it was however quite difficult to determine the return periods of the selected discharges 900, 1 000 and 1 100 m3/s at Imatra, because the discharges have been and will be changed during exceptional floods and droughts.
	www.ekarjala.fi /vivatvuoksia/Final_TASK4_Report.doc (13073 words)

	Holocene landscape evolution in the Karelian Isthmus and lake Ladoga area. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Neolithic settlers wittnessed the outburst of Lake Sairnaa waters via River Vuoksi to Lake Ladoga which resulted in flooding of coastal dwellings 5000 BP.
		Since the origin of Neva the course and water level of River Vuoksi has continuously changed as the river has eroded its sediment filled bed.
		A dramatic event took place in the recent past in AD 1818 when a spring flood broke through a natural dam between Lake Suvanto and Lake Ladoga, the level of Suvanto dropped by several metres, and the River Taipaleenjoki was formed and became the principal new outlet of River Vuoksi.
	arhipel.hiiumaa.ee /norfa/abstracts/petersburg/36.html (336 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lake Ladoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it.
		River Neva (Нева́;) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский Перешеек - Karelskii Peresheyek) and the city of Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург - Sankt Peterburg) to the Gulf of Finland (Финский Залив - Finskii Zaliv).
		Volkhov River (Волхов in Russian) is a river in the Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast in Russia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lake-Ladoga (1307 words)

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		Nevertheless the Vuoksi Virta area has been included in the Project, because for instance studies on water and land use also of this area were considered to be very valuable by Russian project partners.
		Influencing level variations in the River Vuoksi on habitats of near water animals and waterfowls is studied.
		As the River Vuoksi is cross border water course, problems of rational and sustainable usage of its water resources and shore areas lays up on shoulders of both states.
	www.ekarjala.fi /vivatvuoksia/Final_TASK5_Report.doc (2641 words)

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		Rivers and their basins are ruptures in the landscape, obstacles to overland travel and sometimes “natural” sites for lines of defense and political borders.
		Some sites along the river, inevitably points of passage on the conduit, can also be points of easy access to the river and become windows on the riverine world for a less accessible hinterland.
		In Europe, where countries are small relative to the river basins and borders are frequent — and till now frequently changing — these political tensions have sometimes become so acute that the technological co-production of cities and the river basin stagnates, in the course of the twentieth century sometimes quite abruptly.
	www.histech.nl /Shot2004/programma/txt/discop.asp?file=discop&type=sessie (713 words)

	Vuoksi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The River Vuoksi (Finnish) or RiverVuoksa (Russian standard transcription) runs in the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus, from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland flowing into Lake Ladoga innorthwestern Russia.
		The river enters Lake Ladoga in two armlets, an older northernarmlet at Priozersk (Käkisalmi/Keksholm) and since 1857 a new southern armlet entering 50 kilometers further southeast at Taipale.
		The junction of the River Vuoksi and Lake Sukhodolskoye is a traditionalplace for international kayak, canoe and catamaran competitions.
	www.therfcc.org /vuoksi-318758.html (263 words)

	Izhora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		River Izhora, in English language also known as River Inger, is the main tributary to River Neva on its run through Ingria in western-most Russia from Lake Ladoga to Gulf of Finland.
		The river is noted as the furthest Lands of Sweden forces ever reached between the Viking Age and the Time of Troubles.
		The river draws its water mainly from natural groundwater springs, snow melt, and rain water.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Russian-rivers/Izhora.html (110 words)

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		Water resources and land use on the River Vuoksi; Report on the public opinion poll in the Priozyorsk District of the Leningrad Region APPENDIX 17.
		Water resources and land use on the River Vuoksi; Additions to the Report on the Public Opinion Poll in the Priozyorsk District of the Leningrad Region APPENDIX 19.
		Report of land and water use along the River Vuoksi in the City of Imatra, Finland (in Finnish and English) APPENDIX 8.
	www.ekarjala.fi /vivatvuoksia/Contents_Final_Report.doc (1276 words)

	kuvat
		The River Vuoksi and the castle of Priozersk (Käkisalmen linna), built by Sweds in
		The water divide between the River Vuoksi and Priozersk (Käkisalmi) water course,
		The former main branch of the River Vuoksi
	www.ekarjala.fi /vivatvuoksia/kuvat.html (158 words)

	River Vuoksi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The river drops 72 meters under the journey and in Finland that is mostly thanks to our two hydroelectric plants.
		Still in the 70s the River Vuoksi was very dirty and there was hardly any fish in it.
		Fortunately the river was cleaned a couple of decades ago and the water is clean now.
	www.koulut.imatra.fi /yhtlukio/suomi/vuoksi/river_vuoksi_sivu2.htm (232 words)

	Encyclopedia: Saimaa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is an organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs.
		A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saimaa (738 words)

	Der Kessel - Home of die Sturmgruppe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Despite ineffective attempts to stop and push back the advance, ground had to be given in a swift pace after both the first (the main) and second lines of defense had broken.
		City of Viipuri was lost on 22nd of June, and the next objective for Red Army was to reach Kymi river and force Finland to surrender.
		II Corps made a fighting withdrawal from river Svir along the coast of Ladoga; after three weeks of fighting and 150 km of ground ceded, the front line had reached the U-line.
	www.derkessel.org /cmbb/ops/awalkonthebeach.html (448 words)

	History
		Most people travel down the river to the centres transporting goods, while only few people have a reason to visit the upper reaches, the rural areas where the goods consumed in centres originate.
		Down the river was floating boat builders and their skills, and other technology and tools, where demand for those material and immaterial resources was best.
		The Finns build the river fleets for this Swedish intrusion and manned many ships, and later supplied the canoes and barges for the supply of the City of Novgorod — which was build on the soil of Finnic folks.
	www.canoesailing.fi /html/history.html (3009 words)

	River Vuoksi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		River Vuoksi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Aerial photos from the River Vuoksi in Russia (http://www.ekarjala.fi/vivatvuoksia/kuvat.html)
		The article about River Vuoksi contains information related to River Vuoksi and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/River_Vuoksi (331 words)

	Fortum
		The Imatra Power Plant is built on the Imatrankoski Rapids on the River Vuoksi, which flows from Lake Saimaa into Lake Ladoga.
		In respect of its mean flow, River Vuoksi is the largest river in Finland.
		The Tainionkoski Power Plant is located near the mouth of the River Vuoksi, about six kilometres upstream of the imatra Power Plant.
	www.fortum.com /document.asp?path=14022;14024;14026;14043;14081;14082;14077;2028;2096 (159 words)

	The Changing of the River Vuoksi Due to Human Influence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Before of the industrialization of Imatra the Vuoksi was a clean river in a natural state.
		When people started to establish factories by the River Vuoksi in Imatra and hydroelectric plants into the surges of the rapids from the early 19th century on, the condition of the River Vuoksi started to go into a wrong direction.
		Fish that were caught from the Vuoksi were inedible because of their bad taste.
	www.koulut.imatra.fi /yhtlukio/suomi/vuoksi/the_changing_of_the_river_vuoksi_sivu6.htm (357 words)

	Taipale
		Taipaleenjoki (now "Burnaya") is small river flowing from lake Suvantojarvi (now Suhodolskoje) to lake Ladoga, situated in the North-East part of Karelian Isthmus.
		The main profit of this position was the river itself, with the abrupt banks and open space over there.
		The main task of "Jariseva" battery was the defense of coast and left flank of Taipale sector while "Kaarnajoki" would cover under fire the whole Taipale sector at 360 degrees (the fire radius of this battery was almost 20 km).
	geocities.com /taipaleenjoki (4538 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Lake Ladoga' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		River Svir, that marks the southern boundary of Karelia, runs from the southern shore of Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, and continues in the Neva to the Gulf of Finland.
		Finnish_advance_in_Karelia_during_the_Continuation_War.png River Svir as the border river of Karelia, in red is marked the territory held by Finnish forces in 1944 The river Svir (Свирь, Finnish: Syvýri) connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga in Russia, and is considered the southern border of East Karelia.
		The river freezes up in the late November and breaks up in the early April.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticle44755.html (4842 words)

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