High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ripstop fabrics are woven fabrics often made out of nylon, using a special reinforcing technique that makes them resistant to tearing and ripping. During weaving (thick) reinforcement threads are interwoven at regular intervals in a crosshatch pattern. The intervals are typically 5 to 8 millimeters (0.2 to 0.3 in). Thin and lightweight ripstop fabrics have a 3-dimensional structure due to the thicker threads being interwoven in thinner cloth. Older lightweight ripstop-fabrics display the thicker interlocking thread patterns in the material quite prominently, but more modern weaving techniques make the ripstop threads less obvious. A similar effect can be achieved by weaving two or three fine...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rivaz (pro. ree-vah) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and behaviour of rivers since before recorded history - to manage the water resources, to protect against flooding or to make passage along or across rivers easier. From Roman times, rivers have been used as a source of hydropower. From the late 20th century, river engineering has had environmental concerns broader than immediate human benefit and some river engineering projects have been concerned exclusively with the restoration or protection of natural characteristics and habitats.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The River Foss is an improved river in North Yorkshire, England, and a tributary of the River Ouse. It rises in the Foss Crooks woods near Oulston reservoir close to the village of Yearsley and runs south through the Vale of York to the Ouse. The name most likely comes from the Latin word Fossa, meaning ditch and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The River Medway, flows for 70 miles (113 km) from the High Weald in Sussex, through Kent to the point where it enters the Thames Estuary. About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The River Teme (Welsh Afon Tefeidiad) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown in Powys, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. The whole of the River Teme was designated as an SSSI, by English Nature, in 1996.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Riversdale is an older inner city neighbourhood located near the center of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It includes the business district of 20th Street. It consists mostly of low-density, single detached dwellings. As of 2011, the area is home to 2,135 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a lower-income area, with an average family income of $35,849, an average dwelling value of $120,835 and a home ownership rate of 36.0%. Incorporated as a town in 1905, Riversdale was one of the three original settlements that merged to form the city of Saskatoon in 1906.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! River Forest is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago. The village is closely tied to the larger neighboring community of Oak Park, Illinois. There are significant architectural designs located in River Forest such as the Winslow House by Frank Lloyd Wright. The population was 11,635 at the 2000 census.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Riverside Institute of Technology (formerly known as Riverside High School) is a public high school located in Buffalo, New York. It serves Grades 9 - 12 and teaches according to the Board of Regents. The current Principal is Mrs. Denise Clarke, and the current assistant principals are Mrs. Aarin Pellitieri, Mr. Jason Madden, and Mrs. Lauren Samulski-Peters.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The River Sheaf is a river in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its source is the union of the Totley Brook and the Old Hay Brook in Totley, now a suburb of Sheffield. It flows northwards, past Dore, through the valley called Abbeydale (so named because of Beauchief Abbey, which overlooks it) and north of Heeley. It then passes into a culvert, through which it flows under the centre of Sheffield emerging from time to time until joining the River Don near Blonk Street Bridge. This lower section of the River Sheaf together with the River Don, between the present Blonk Street and Lady`s Bridges, formed two sides of the boundary of Sheffield Castle.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rjukan Station (Norwegian: Rjukan stasjon) is the terminal railway station of Rjukanbanen, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ro-Busters is a British comic story that formed part of the original line-up of Starlord. Similar in premise to that of the Thunderbirds television series, it was created by writer Pat Mills and was drawn by Carlos Pino and Ian Kennedy initially, before Starlord`s merger with 2000 AD. After the merger, Dave Gibbons, Kevin O`Neill and Mike McMahon were regular artists on the series, along with occasional contributions from Mike Dorey.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Road 48 is very important for Iranian government and Iranian people. Because many people go to Karbala and Najaf (two Shi`a holy cities) by this road and Khosravi border.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Road 68 is a road in central and eastern Iran in dry areas. It connects Yazd to Birjand. This road is part of Yazd-Mashhad Road.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Road 41 is a road in southwestern Iran, Khuzestan. It starts from Khorramshahr and goes up to Ahvaz along the main road next to Karun River.