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Forget the Amazon – are these the most remarkable rivers in the world?

When most people are asked to name a river, they often reach for the Amazon or Nile, but these aren’t the only remarkable rivers out there. Here are 10 more from around the world – and solar system

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Cano Cristales (River of five colors), La Macarena, Meta, Colombia; Shutterstock ID 774676180; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Edible and delicious Chinese mitten crabs are invading the UK

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Cooked Chinese mitten crabs piled up on a plate

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London's drying rivers threaten the city's drinking water supply

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The Thames Water Long Reach sewage treatment works on the banks of the Thames estuary in Dartford, Kent.

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Huge fall in inspections meant to prevent illegal use of English water

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Dead fish floating in a river in Maidenhead, UK, in June 2023, thought to have been killed by a lack of oxygen in the hot weather

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Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and central Europe

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River restoration could help bring beavers back to Somerset

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English rivers regularly pumped full of oxygen to prevent fish deaths

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Shad Twaite in the river Severn

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How the Unlocking the Severn project is helping fish return to breed

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MXCB40 The newly created Peters Village, still under construction, on the bank of the Medway in Kent, England

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Scrapping English river pollution rules will result in a murky outcome

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Lindsey Cole dressed as a mermaid

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Activist swims Bristol channel dressed as a mermaid for cleaner rivers

Watch environment activist, Lindsey Cole swim the UK’s Bristol Channel dressed as a mermaid to protest against the pollution of British waterways  

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2HHFJTC Hundreds of people gather on Port Meadow, Oxford, to protest against sewage release into the River Thames.

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We need rapid political intervention to end sewage pollution crises

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (12908462g) Pollution on the Jubilee River adjacent to Slough Sewage Treatment Works managed by Thames Water. The Jubilee River is used regularly by open water swimmers and is a haven for migrating birds. During 2021, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England 372,533 times. By 2040 the sewage discharges into rivers is targetted to be reduced by 40%, however, many environmentalists say this is too little, too late and that the directors of polluting water companies should be imprisoned as fines alone are not stopping regular sewage discharges into rivers Pollution, Jubilee River, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 23 Apr 2022

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Sewage crisis: The truth about British rivers and how to clean them up

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River pollution 'offsets' for homes in England and Wales may not work

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We should all be curbing our water usage – before it's too late

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We should all be curbing our water usage – before it's too late

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