A National River is a river that is of great importance for a country and acts as national symbol.
Examples of national rivers include:
- The Ganges River, the officially declared national river of the Republic of India
- The Karun, the largest river in Iran ; sometimes considered as the national river
- The Indus River, the largest river in Pakistan; sometimes considered as the national river
- The Rhine, the largest river in Germany; sometimes considered as the national river
- The Buffalo, protected as America’s first national river since 1972
- The Guayas River, sourced from the peeks of the Andes, is the national river of Ecuador.
Famous quotes containing the words national and/or river:
“I foresee the time when the painter will paint that scene, no longer going to Rome for a subject; the poet will sing it; the historian record it; and, with the Landing of the Pilgrims and the Declaration of Independence, it will be the ornament of some future national gallery, when at least the present form of slavery shall be no more here. We shall then be at liberty to weep for Captain Brown. Then, and not till then, we will take our revenge.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The river’s tent is broken; the last fingers of leaf
Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed.
Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)