At the moment excess gunk runs off into rivers, gathers in lakes and produces toxic blooms of algae.
The Kriveljska and Bor rivers gather the waste waters from the "Jama Bor" underground mine, industrial waters from the city of Bor, drainage waters from the Veliki Krivelj tailing dam, Cerovo, Krivelj, and Bor open pit mines, and overburden waters from the Saraka stream [26, 31].
The Mekong River Commission gathers in Vientiane tomorrow to consider the Xayaburi (also spelled Sayabouly) dam.
The food hall, opened in October, occupies an old brick factory building beside the river and gathers more than 30 stalls, shops and restaurants under one (very large) roof.
The firefighters drove two trucks into a nearby river and gathered nineteen campers into the water.
Mussels from the river were gathered for pearls, and their shells were used to produce button blanks.
Hindus often cremate their dead in pyres along river and gather in the concrete bathing platforms, known as ghats, to dunk themselves for a ritual dip in the holy waters of the Ganges.
Several fishermen who were taking part in a bass-fishing tournament on the river helped gather suitcases, clothing, candy wrappers, and other debris that was drifting in the water shortly afterward.
An Hyuk, a North Korean student who said he was forcibly repatriated from China in 1987, worked at Yodok Camp No. 15, where he said his first job was to wade waist deep into an icy river to gather stones and build a water diversion channel, Mr. Hawk reported.
In a move that could have cost him his life he got into the river to gather his gear before realizing that he was putting his feet perilously close to where the fish may have been lurking.
