RIVERS

(See also Canals; Torrent Valleys)

(Note centered heading below: List by Name)

ancient, beneath Sahara: g88 2/8 30

crossing:

missionaries in Malawi: w90 6/1 22-23

discussion: w04 5/15 8-9

Eden: it-1 677; it-2 644, 814; w11 1/1 5-6; w89 8/1 12; g89 6/22 10-11

experiences:

Argentina: yb01 192-194

Bolivia: yb09 48; w91 2/15 25-26, 28

bottles containing publications floated down river: w01 4/1 18

Brazil: yb99 48

crossing to attend meetings: w94 1/1 11, 16

French Guiana: ijwex article 11; yb01 243-246

Guyana: yb05 168-169; w93 4/1 24-27

Nicaragua: ijwex article 17

Paraguay: yb98 246-247

Peru: yb93 56; w90 12/1 21

Hebrew word: it-2 814

longest: it-2 500

pollution: g00 9/8 29; g90 5/8 6; g89 4/8 29-30

“river of Egypt” (Ge 15:18): it-1 700; it-2 815, 928

“river of Egypt” (1Ch 13:5): it-2 815, 927-928; w05 10/1 10

symbolic:

“became blood” (Re 16:4): re 224-225

Euphrates “dried up” (Re 16:12): w12 6/15 17-18; re 229-230, 260-261

Euphrates where four angels are bound (Re 9:14): re 148-149

from visionary temple (Eze 47): cl 275-276; rr 202-210; w07 8/1 11; w99 3/1 10-11, 18-22; w89 11/1 17; w88 9/15 27

Jehovah “a place of rivers” (Isa 33:21): it-1 886; it-2 814-815; ip-1 351

peace “like a river” (Isa 48:18): lvs 229; mwb17.02 2; lv 199

“river of water of life” (Re 22): ijwbq article 145; it-2 251, 1173; rr 204; w10 2/15 14-15; w09 2/15 5; w08 6/1 14-15; re 310-312, 318; w02 9/15 32; w99 3/1 22; w93 9/1 32; w90 12/15 10-12, 14

‘river that makes city of God rejoice, the grand tabernacle’ (Ps 46:4): rr 204

“serpent spewed out water like a river” (Re 12:15): w22.05 6-7; w20.05 6; kr 150-151; re 184-186; w88 12/15 14

“turned into wormwood” (Re 8:10, 11): re 136-139

torrent valley differs: it-2 814

Abanah (Syria):

Ahava (Babylonia):

Amazon (South America):

Atbara (Egypt): it-2 500-501

Barada (Syria): it-1 12

Bogotá River (Colombia):

pollution: g89 4/8 29

Chebar (Babylon):

Chobe (Africa):

wildlife: g90 7/22 15-18

Congo (Africa): yb04 136

Danube (Europe):

Demerara (Guyana):

Witness activity: w93 4/1 24-25, 27

Elbe (Europe):

pollution: g88 5/8 7

Euphrates (Middle East):

Ganges (Ganga) (India):

Gihon (Middle East):

Gozan (Middle East):

Granicus (Asia Minor): w88 4/15 23

Hwang (Yellow) River (China):

floods: g86 6/22 17-19

Indus (India): g00 7/8 14-16

Jordan (Israel):

Li River (China):

Lycus River (Asia Minor): it-1 489

Mamoré (Bolivia): w91 2/15 25-26

Maroni (French Guiana):

Witness activity: ijwex article 11

Maroni (Suriname):

Witness activity: yb90 246-250

Mekong (Southeast Asia):

Mersey (England):

pollution: g90 5/8 6

Mississippi (U.S.):

Nam Pong (Thailand):

molasses spill: g92 12/8 30

Niagara (Canada, U.S.): g01 7/8 27

Nile (Egypt):

Oder River (northern Europe):

flood (1997): g98 10/8 10

Pharpar (Syria):

Pishon (Middle East):

Pomeroon (Guyana):

Witness activity: w93 4/1 25-26

Rhine (Europe):

Río Grande de Matagalpa (Nicaragua): ijwex article 17

Rio Minho (Jamaica):

flood (1986): g87 7/8 26-27

St. Lawrence (Canada):

Shihor (Egypt):

Styx (mythological): it-1 181; sh 54; w89 10/1 5; g88 7/8 5

Tapanahoni (Suriname):

Witness activity: yb90 228-229, 233-234, 238-240, 249-250

Thames (England):

Tigris (Hiddekel) (Middle East):

Tonle Sap (Cambodia): g 10/08 22-23

Urubamba (Peru): g89 2/8 18

Uruguay (River of the Birds) (Uruguay): w86 2/15 27

Vistula (Poland):

pollution: g89 4/8 29

Yangtze River (China):

Three Gorges Dam: g99 6/8 28-29

Yuba River (California):

flood (1986): g86 10/8 21-25