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  Ter Hill
Ter Hill (SX 642 705) is one of the highest points of South Dartmoor.
The fall of the river in the background is known as the "Boiler".
One of the tributary streams of the Swincombe with the remains of a clapper cart-bridge.
www.richkni.co.uk /dartmoor/ter.htm   (450 words)

  
 Let us find you the perfect home in the sun
The valley is formed by 2 rivers the Ter and Ritort, they flow together in the centre of the valley where there is the village of Camprodon, if We continue following the river Ter we find the villages of Llanars, Vilallonga de Ter, Setcases… until we come to the ski resort of Vallter 2000.
The township, situated a t the confluence of the river Ter and its tributary the Ritort, is arranged in a modern development.
In its municipal district are situated the ancient castle and the sanctuary of Catllar.
www.euro-properties.net /area6_sub7.html   (1159 words)

  
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The river Ter, with an extension of 195 km and a basin of 3.010 km2 is one the most important rivers in the Pyrenees-Mediterranean hydrographic area.
The upper course is made up of the Valley of Ribes (with the river Freser) and the Valley of Camprodon (with the river Ter) comprising two ski resorts accounting a high number of skiers (Núria and Vallter 2000).
On the other hand, the lower course of the river Ter, which is part of the Costa Brava, is an area with a prevalence of a Tourism model based on the sun and the sea attracting a high number of tourists, mainly in the summer.
user.online.be /~epirus.regio/Interreg.AlbaTer.doc   (568 words)

  
  washingtonpost.com: Louodun Home Sales
HAWICK TER., 20358-Lee and Daniel J. Heyburn to Zorina and Laurence P. Magor, $365,000.
FLORA SPRINGS TER., 21757-N. Salazar and Ricardo Villarreal to J. Thaxton and Tyiesha Cavalieri, $265,000.
SWEIG TER., 19170-Courtland at Coton Commons Corp. to Yoko A. and Feridun A. Albayrak, $349,134.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A54644-2004Mar12?language=printer   (3612 words)

  
 Tien-Shan Travel - TST-3 Terskey Ala-Too
Descent into the valley of the Ailyamysh River along steep grassy slope, further along left side of the river into the Valley of Altyn-Arashan River.
Then trail goes down rocky gully along the river flowing from the lake, goes into the forest area and then to Karakol gorge.
For experienced persons rafting is made in Chu river canyon (third and forth category according to raft's rating).
www.tien-shan.com /content/view/22/48/lang,en   (610 words)

  
 Caster's Guide Services - McKenzie White Water River Rafting, Oregon
The upper section of the McKenzie River is characterized by nearly continuous, cascading-type of rapids, boulder-strewn pockets of pristine water, and old growth trees with an occasional osprey nest at the top.
The middle section of the McKenzie becomes more of a pool and drop type of river, in which, exhilarating rapids are separated by relaxing slower stretches of water.
Osprey nests and a variety of water fowl are prevalent on this part of the river.
www.casterguide.com /rafting.htm   (691 words)

  
 Southeast England
RIVER LEA (Essex Lea, Dobbs Weir) - a weir playspot in Essex.
RIVER STORT (Spellbrook to Bishops Stortford) - a tributary of the Lea.
RIVER STOUR (Grove Ferry to Sandwich) - the Kentish Stour.
www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk /sengland2.htm   (308 words)

  
 Foster + Partners
It follows the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames, in expressing a fascination with the relationships between function, technology and aesthetics in a graceful structural form.
Interestingly, alternative readings of the topography suggested two possible structural approaches: to celebrate the act of crossing the river or to articulate the challenge of spanning the 2.46 kilometres from one plateau to the other in the most economical manner.
Although historically the river was the geological generator of the landscape, it is very narrow at this point, and so it was the second reading that suggested the most appropriate structural solution.
www.fosterandpartners.com /Projects/1158/Default.aspx   (350 words)

  
 BCU Eastern Region, River Roding
It is strongly recommended that you check before planning or beginning any excursion, on any river, with the relevant access officer, who may be able to provide more recent information.
Even so, the river is very quiet at most times, except for the stretch between Sandford and Cuton Locks, where the Chelmsford By-Pass runs very close.
The small tributary, the River Ter, which is paddleable in high water, joins the canal shortly after this.
www.bcu.org.uk /eastern/Rivers/riverc&b.htm   (528 words)

  
 Barcelona's Water Supply: The Current Perspective
Thus, from centralized compact urban forms and functions, the Barcelona region is undergoing a more dispersed pattern with an increasing presence of features of what we call the diffuse city (or "American model"): low density housing, a communications network built for private transportation, and proliferation of metropolitan sub-centres.
At the end of the 1980s, the rivers of the Barcelona region stood as possibly the most polluted and degraded of Western Europe.
One of the main reason to explain poor ecological quality is that rivers lack enough natural flow for the dilution of water discharged from wastewater plants.
geographyfieldwork.com /barcelonawatersupply.htm   (1016 words)

  
 GUERRE DE LA LIGUE D'AUGSBOURG
The most important episode of a field engagement of relevant proportions was the battle fought on the 27th of May 1694 along the banks and fords of the river Ter near the Puente Mayor in the vicinity of the important town of Gerona.
A single squadroon (trozo de Rosellon) of Spanish horse, commanded by D. Fernando di Toledo, who died in the battle, tried to halt the enemy, but was overwhelmed by the French, while the remaining of the cavalry withdrew leaving all the infantry without protection.
At the notice of this defeat and because a large number of French troops had forded the river and were now positioned in order of battle, the whole Spanish army fell in confusion and the cavalry fled together with the rearguard until reaching Girona.
vial.jean.free.fr /new_npi/revues_npi/33_2003/npi_3303/33_odb1_275694.htm   (751 words)

  
 Whitewater rafting trips with Tahoe Whitewater Tours
THE TRUCKEE RIVER was named for the Washoe Indian Chief who befriended and guided many early settlers through the area on their journey to California.
It's on the South Fork of the American River that James Marshall discovered gold in 1848 and started the 49ers California Gold Rush, which settled the California Territory during turbulent times.
The American River is also the birthplace of whitewater boating in California.
www.gowhitewater.com /rafting.html   (1331 words)

  
 Family Cycle Tour Following the Ter River. TERRA DIVERSIONS bike tours
The Ter River, with a length of 208 km and a basin surface area of 3,010 km2, is located in the northeast corner of Catalonia and begins its course in the Pyrenees Mountains.
The Ter Basin is a point of confluence for the landscape types of three major bio-geographic regions: the Eurosiberian, the Mediterranean and the alpine-boreal.
The fourth day — The lower course: This is the final section of the Ter, which runs through the lands of El Baix Empordà region, where agriculture lives alongside the considerable establishment of tourism in the coastal area, known as the Costa Brava.
www.terradiversions.com /eng/LaRutadelTer.asp   (603 words)

  
 Colomers : Baix Emporda : Costa Brava Turisme
The course of the River Ter passes very close to the nucleus of Colomers, marking its southern border with Foixà.
There is an old dam that collects the waters of the Ter to divert them into the Sentmenat stream, which largely follows one of the former arms of the Ter.
In the past, the stream powered the various mills that stood alongside it, and it is now used to irrigate numerous acres of farmland along the Lower Ter.
www.baixemporda-costabrava.org /en/territory/55   (271 words)

  
 watershed - Definitions from Dictionary.com
The region enclosed by such a divide and draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
On one side of a watershed, rivers and streams flow in one direction; on the other side they flow in another direction.
The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.
dictionary.reference.com /browse/watershed   (578 words)

  
 Origin of the 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration
At their suggestion, Mayor McClellan invited a number of gentlemen to meet at his office in the City Hall on July 13, 1905, to concert measures for celebrating in 1907 the centennial anniversary of the first trip of the Clermont on the Hudson River.
In discussing the matter with other members of the Hudson Ter-centenary Joint Committee, appointed by you and the Governor of the State of New York, it has occurred to us to suggest to you the propriety of merging these two committees for the purpose of celebrating both events in 1909.
These two events in the history of the Hudson River are so intimately related that their commemoration can with great propriety be combined in one celebration.
www.ulster.net /~hrmm/quad/1909hudsonfulton/prt-chapter01.html   (1668 words)

  
 Is this the world's most polluted river? | Mail Online
It was once a gently flowing river, where fishermen cast their nets, sea birds came to feed and natural beauty left visitors spellbound.
Today, the Citarum is a river in crisis, choked by the domestic waste of nine million people and thick with the cast-off from hundreds of factories.
It is one of two major rivers that feed Lake Saguling, where the French have built the largest power generator in West Java.
www.dailymail.co.uk /news/article-460077/Is-worlds-polluted-river.html   (1490 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Home Sales
RIVER MEADOWS TER., 46519-Dierdre C. and Albert M. Torres to Joan Heath, $301,000.
CHATHILL TER., 43007-Karen P. and Jeffery D. Walthall to Miya and Robert L. Woomer, $350,000.
FERNDALE TER., 806-M. Mahmoudieh and Ali Jazini Dorcheh to Janeen J. and Richard J. Jones, $300,000.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A45336-2004Jun16?language=printer   (1266 words)

  
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This panoramic image was taken close to Batthyany ter on the banks of the Danube.
Anne Church (Szent Anna Templom), reputed to be the finest Baroque church in Budapest.
The other prominent spire belongs to the Reformed Church (Reformatus templom) in Szilagyi Dezso ter.
www.panoramicearth.com /420/River_Danube   (254 words)

  
 Rivers in Spain
There are said to be 172,888 km of natural watercourses, though many of these are dry for much of the year.
Almost all of the rest of the Peninsula have an extremely different climate with an annual rainfall below 500-600 mm, distributed irregularly throughout the year, and forming what is known as arid Spain.
There are also areas with a mountain climate with plentiful rainfall, a large amount of which will eventually flow through the rivers of arid Spain acting as a major source of water supply for dry areas" (From
www.iberianature.com /material/rivers.html   (340 words)

  
 Holiday House in Cervia de Ter, Girona
Welcome to Cervia de Ter, Girona: The village of Cervia de Ter, Girona is situated on the left side of Ter river, 45 m over the sea level.
The historical sources are placed at the Cervia's castle that was belong to the Counts of the village until 922 when the castle was sold to Borrell Count.
The castle is situated on a strategic hill which let us to see the river, the village and nearer lands.
www.worldvacationrentals.net /docs/e/vacation_rentals/europe/spain/catalonia/girona_costa_brava/cervia_de_ter/holiday_house_golf_7545.html   (506 words)

  
 Green Ways in Catalonia. TERRA DIVERSIONS bike tours
The last section of the trail runs along the Ter River as it crosses the pasturelands of Salt and Girona.
From the Ter River basin, crossing the Selva depression and ending in the Ridaura valley.
In addition to natural beauty, of interest here are the historical and artistic features that line the path, together with the beauty of the towns, which in many cases preserve a certain medieval character.
www.terradiversions.com /eng/CataloniaGreenWays.asp   (829 words)

  
 About Sevilla - Seville Travel Guide, Andalusia, Spain
The city of Seville is located on the plain of the Guadalquivir river which crosses the city from North to South.
The river can be navigated from Seville all the way to its outlet near Sanlúcar de Barrameda, on the Atlantic coast.
In the past the port of Seville played an important role in commerce between Spain and the Americas and it remains today one of the most active river ports of the Iberian peninsula.
www.aboutsevilla.com   (558 words)

  
 Ter - OneLook Dictionary Search
Ter : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
TER, Ter-, Ter, ter, ter- : Dictionary.com [home, info]
Phrases that include Ter: ter tenant, total expense ratio - ter, hendrik ter brugghen, huis ter doorn, huis ter kleef, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=Ter&ls=a   (209 words)

  
 La Devesa Footbridge
This pedestrian bridge was designed to cross the Ter River, which has the unusual feature of a 16 foot (5 m) difference in height between the two banks of the river.
As with the Gentil Bridge in Paris, the arch counters the tendency of the bridge to rotate due to the weight of the cantilevered walkway.
The height difference is handled by keeping the bridge's walkway at the higher bank's level until it is fully across the river, and then reversing direction with a stair that leads the pedestrian down to the lower bank's ground level.
www.calatrava.info /viewWork.asp?id=5   (132 words)

  
 Paco Soria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Ter River is within 5 minutes of his home and provides areas of good trout fishing.
Below that is a closer picture of the Noguera Pallaresa River.
Paco said he suspected the Priest was aware of his fly retrieval method and lost the rigs intentionally, or he was the worst fisherman on the river, which was not likely.
flytyingworld.com /PagesP/ps-pacosoria.htm   (422 words)

  
 Hungary hotels > Expedia
Floating ship hotel moored on the River Danube in a green nature park, 4.5 kilometres south of Budapest city centre.
Large modern hotel in central Budapest with panoramic views of the Danube River, 500 metres from Deak Square metro station.
Air-conditioned guestrooms have river views and include cable television with pay movies, phones with voicemail and minibars.
www.expedia.co.uk /index/hungary/2/hungary-hotels.aspx   (889 words)

  
 -: Projecte LIFE Emys Ter :-
The Baix Ter plain is situated in the NE of Catalonia just at the centre of the Costa Brava, in the Baix Empordà region.
It extends between the massifs of Begur and Montgrí and it is divided in half by the river Ter, which crosses the plain on its way to the Mediterranen Sea.
The landscapes that meet in the Lower Ter plain are very diverse and of an incredible beauty.
www.lifeemyster.com /eng/Baixter4.php   (468 words)

  
 Otter - Definitions from Dictionary.com
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. "We will drink water." --Shak.
It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water.
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
dictionary.reference.com /browse/Otter   (1139 words)

  
 MIT - Museu Industrial del Ter
The Industrial Museum of the Ter River (MIT), situated in Manlleu (Osona) gives testimony of the mid Ter's industrial vitality, protagonist of industrialization in two of most representative productive sectors: textile, and mechanical constructions.
The MIT also welcomes the Center for the Study of Mediterranean Rivers, dedicated to the diffusion and research of fluvial and natural patrimony.
The Industrial Museum of Ter is part of Catalonia Science and Technic National Museum System, a museums net expanded through the country, which watch over the conservation, knowledge and diffusion of catalan industrial heritage.
www.mitmanlleu.org /index.php?/mit_en   (327 words)

  
 Alba-Ter
The Ter Basin is a point of confluence for the landscape types of three major bio-geographic regions: the Eurosiberian, the
On one hand, this area bears the influence of an industry that is currently in crisis; and on the other hand it is marked by the constant increase in mountain tourism, which is increasingly setting in.
This is the final section of the Ter, which runs through the lands of El Baix Empordà region, where agriculture lives alongside the considerable establishment of tourism in the coastal area, known as the
www.albater.org /index.php?Lang=angles&Page=el_territori   (391 words)

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