Tributaries
Common assembly
Dissected drainage
Connected interdependent
Running through vales and mounds sharing a watershed collective, a river links springs, creeks, streams, lakes and the ocean. Areas of land perpetually drain downward into an increasingly large body of water.
“Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties of fish and wildlife and trees and plants of every sort. We are a nation rich in rivers.” – Charles Kuralt