River cruise

Short description: Voyage along inland waterways

River cruise ships docked along on the Danube in Budapest River cruise ship on the Brahmaputra River

A river cruise is a voyage along inland waterways, often stopping at multiple ports along the way. Since cities and towns often grew up around rivers, river cruise ships frequently dock in the center of cities and towns.

## Contents

* 1 Descriptions
* 1.1 River day cruises
* 1.2 River cruises
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Descriptions

### River day cruises

River day cruises are day excursions ranging from 30 minutes to a full day. They can be on boats carrying as few as 10 people or as many as a few hundred. Such a cruise is typically based in a city with a river flowing through the centre (e.g., Amsterdam, Bangkok, London, Paris, Varanasi) or an area of natural beauty, such as on the Hudson River, Rhine, Thames and Ganga. Popular locations include:

* Africa: Luxor, Cairo
* Americas: New York City, New Orleans, San Antonio, St. Louis. Detroit
* Asia: Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuching, Malacca, Singapore, Varanasi
* Europe: Amsterdam, Budapest, Cologne, London, Paris

### River cruises

River cruise ships with accommodation facilities offer longer cruises.

According to Douglas Ward, "A river cruise represents life in the slow lane, sailing along at a gentle pace, soaking up the scenery, with plentiful opportunities to explore riverside towns and cities en route. It is a supremely calming experience, an antidote to the pressures of life in a fast-paced world, in surroundings that are comfortable without being fussy or pretentious, with good food and enjoyable company."[1]

River cruising is a major tourist industry in many parts of the world.[2]

* Africa: Nile
* Americas: Mississippi, Columbia River, Snake River, Hudson River, St. John's River, Tolomato River, Potomac River, Intracoastal Waterway, Inside Passage, Puget Sound, Sacramento River, Napa River, San Joaquin River, Peruvian Amazon.
* Asia: Brahmaputra, Ganga, Padma, Damodar, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Yangtze.
* Australia: Murray
* Europe: Danube, Rhine, Seine, Rhone, Volga, Moselle, Main, Douro.

For those interested in luxury Nile river cruises, more information can be found here.

## See also

* List of river films and television series

## References

1. ↑ Ward, Douglas (2006). Brian Bell. ed. Insight Guides – Great River Cruises – Europe & the Nile. Insight Guides. p. 15. ISBN 978-981-258-397-0.
2. ↑ Pat Richardson (12 October 2017). "The ultimate guide to river cruises". The Daily Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/river-cruises/The-ultimate-guide-to-river-cruises/.

## External links

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Rivers, streams and springs

Rivers|

* Alluvial river
* Braided river
* Blackwater river
* Channel
* Channel pattern
* Channel types
* Confluence
* Distributary
* Drainage basin
* Subterranean river
* River bifurcation
* River ecosystem
* River source
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* more...

Streams|

* Arroyo
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* Burn
* Chalk stream
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* Current
* Stream
* Stream bed
* Stream channel
* Stream gradient
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Springs|

* Geyser
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* Spring
* Spring horizon
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Sedimentary processes
and erosion|

* Abrasion
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* Aggradation
* Armor
* Bed load
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* Granular flow
* Debris flow
* Deposition
* Dissolved load
* Downcutting
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* Headward erosion
* Knickpoint
* Palaeochannel
* Progradation
* Retrogradation
* Saltation
* Secondary flow
* Sediment transport
* Suspended load
* Wash load
* Water gap

Fluvial landforms|

* Ait
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* Avulsion
* Bank
* Bar
* Bayou
* Billabong
* Canyon
* Chine
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* Gill
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* Mouth bar
* Oxbow lake
* Riffle-pool sequence
* Point bar
* Ravine
* Rill
* River island
* Rock-cut basin
* Sedimentary basin
* Sedimentary structures
* Strath
* Thalweg
* River valley
* Wadi

Fluvial flow|

* Helicoidal flow
* International Scale of River Difficulty
* Meander
* Plunge pool
* Rapids
* Riffle
* Shoal
* Waterfall
* Whitewater

Surface runoff|

* Agricultural wastewater treatment
* Effluent
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* Urban runoff
* Wastewater

Floods and stormwater|

* 100-year flood
* Crevasse splay
* Flash flood
* Flood
* Flood barrier
* Flood control
* Flood forecasting
* Flood-meadow
* Floodplain
* Flood pulse concept
* Flooded grasslands and savannas
* Storm Water Management Model
* Return period

River measurement
and modelling|

* Baer's law
* Baseflow
* Bradshaw model
* Discharge (hydrology)
* Drainage density
* Exner equation
* Groundwater model
* Hack's law
* Hjulström curve
* Hydrograph
* Hydrological modelling
* Hydrological transport model
* Infiltration (hydrology)
* Main stem
* Playfair's Law
* Relief ratio
* River continuum concept
* Rouse number
* Runoff curve number
* Runoff model (reservoir)
* Stream gauge
* Universal Soil Loss Equation
* WAFLEX
* Wetted perimeter
* Volumetric flow rate

River engineering|

* Aqueduct
* Balancing lake
* Canal
* Check dam
* Dam
* Drop structure
* Daylighting
* Detention basin
* Erosion control
* Fish ladder
* Floodplain restoration
* Flume
* Infiltration basin
* Leat
* Levee
* Retention basin
* Revetment
* Riparian zone restoration
* Stream restoration
* Weir

River sports|

* Canyoning
* Rafting
* River surfing
* Riverboarding
* Whitewater canoeing
* Whitewater kayaking
* Whitewater slalom

Other topics|

* Aquifer
* Aquatic toxicology
* Body of water
* Limnology
* Riparian zone
* River civilization
* River cruise
* Surface water
* World Rivers Day

Lists of rivers
Rivers by continent
Rivers by length
Rivers by discharge rate
Drainage basins
Whitewater rivers
Flash floods
River name etymologies

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