...A RIVER IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A PIPELINE, A MOVING BODY OF WATER IN THE PLUMBING OF OUR PLANET, AS INTEGRAL TO THE CYCLE OF LIFE ON EARTH AS THE OCEAN WHICH RECEIVES IT, AND THE SOIL IT DRAINS. A RIVER IS AN ARTERY OF CONNECTION BETWEEN INLAND AREAS, OCEANS, AND OTHER BODIES OF LAND AND WATER, AND ALSO A LIVING ECOSYSTEM, PROVIDING SUSTENANCE TO INNUMERABLE CREATURES WHO LIVE ALONG ITS BANKS AND IN ITS WATERS. HISTORY IS SAID TO FLOW AND TAKE ITS COURSE, AS A RIVER DOES, AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THE RIVERS HAVE MEANT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IN COUNTLESS DIFFERENT WAYS AND EVENTS....
(excerpt from 'The Meramec River: Then and Now'.

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