Rivers

Rivers are nature's greatest vandals, cutting great gashes into the planet's surface. Occasionally a particularly suicidal river will throw itself off a cliff and become a waterfall.

When a river freezes it is called a glacier, and it develops a pleasant minty taste.

Famous rivers include the Nile, the Amazon and Joan.

Rivers were once formed a network of communication, linking together towns and villages together and forming the basis of trade networks. Luckily, thanks to the work of a generation of health and safety advisors we now know that rivers are perilous death-traps which must be avoided at all costs. The dangers of rivers include river blindness - like snow blindness this is caused by the glare of the sun reflecting off the surface of the river. You wouldn't think that something wet could blind you, but it can.