INQUISITIVE RIVER FACTS

THE HUDSON RIVER IS SO POLLUTED THAT

SCIENTISTS STUDY EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES

IN ITS WATER AS ORGANISMS LEARN TO ADAPT

THE CUYAHOGA RIVER IN OHIO IS ANOTHER

EXTREMELY POLLUTED RIVER. IN FACT, THE

RIVER ITSELF HAS GONE ON FIRE 13 TIMES

AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY

ENGINEERS REVERSED THE FLOW OF THE

CHICAGO RIVER. TO THIS DAY IT FLOWS IN

THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHOTO EVER WAS OF THE

RHEIN RIVER (NAMED RHEIN II). IT SOLD IN AUCTION

FOR MORE THAN $4 MILLION AND WAS HEAVILY

PHOTO SHOPPED

IN GERMANY, THERE IS A WATER BRIDGE OVER THE

RIVER ELBE. IT ALLOWS SHIPS TO CROSS THE RIVER

A "GHOST" RIVER RUNS UNDER MANHATTAN. IT IS

KNOWN AS MINETTA BROOK AND ACCORDING TO

LEGEND, SOME BUILDINGS WERE BUILT WITH

GRATES IN THE BASEMENT THAT ALLOWED THE

RIVER TO RUN THROUGH

LONDON HAS NEARLY 20 HIDDEN RIVERS FLOWING

BENEATH ITS STREETS

THERE IS A RIVER IN AUSTRALIA NAMED MERRICA