River Commerce
The river is the principal path of transportation for people and produce in the regions, with transport ranging from balsa rafts and dugout canoes to hand built wooden rivercraft and modern steel hulled craft.
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Famous quotes containing the words river and/or commerce:
“It is impossible to step into the same river twice.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)
“It was you that broke the new wood,
Now is a time for carving.
We have one sap and one root—
Let there be commerce between us.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)