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  2. Six Rivers National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Six Rivers National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the northwestern corner of California. It was established on June 3rd, 1947 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman from portions of Klamath, Siskiyou and Trinity National Forests. Its over one million acres (4,000 km 2) of land contain a variety of ecosystems and 137,000 acres (550 ...

  3. North Valley Bancorp - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, North Valley Bancorp was incorporated as the holding company for North Valley Bank. [1] In 2000, the company acquired Six Rivers National Bank. [3] [4] [1] In September 2004, the company acquired Yolo Community Bank for $23 million. [5] [6] [7] [1] In June 2006, the company merged its two subsidiary banks: North Valley Bank and NVB ...

  4. List of rivers of India - Wikipedia

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    Mahanadi. Purna. Godavari. Krishna. Kaveri. Penna River. Rivers falling into Arabian sea jointly as Panjnaad Sutlej, Vyas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhehlam, flowing through The Punjab, a province shared by Modern India and Pakistan. River Sindh or Sindhu is flowing alone from Himalaya in between these rivers and Afghanistan.

  5. List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites - Wikipedia

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    The most widely known Indus Valley sites are Mohenjo-daro and Harappa; Mohenjo-daro is located in modern-day Sindh, while Harappa is in Pakistani Punjab. [6] in British India, around 1,100 (80%) sites are located on the plains between the rivers Ganges and Indus. [3] The oldest-known site of the Indus Valley Civilization, Bhirrana, [7] and the ...

  6. Indus Waters Treaty - Wikipedia

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    Indus Waters Treaty. The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, arranged and negotiated by the World Bank, to use the water available in the Indus River and its tributaries. [1][2][3][4] It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and then Pakistani ...

  7. Bank (geography) - Wikipedia

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    In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography, as follows. In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terrain alongside the bed of a river, creek, or stream. [1] The bank consists of the sides of the channel, between ...

  8. River bank failure - Wikipedia

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    River bank failure may be caused by house placement, water saturation, weight on the river bank, vegetation, and/or tectonic activity. When structures are built too close to the bank of the river, their weight may exceed the weight which the bank can hold and cause slumping, or accelerate slumping that may already be active. [1][3] Adding to ...

  9. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n - Wikipedia

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    Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court landmark [2] case in which the Court ruled on the applicability of the Free Exercise Clause to the practice of religion on Native American sacred lands, specifically in the Chimney Rock area of the Six Rivers National Forest in California. [2]