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3 unusual facts about The Stream


Akber Choudhry

# On 27 July 2011, Al Jazeera decided to host this controversial debate on their social media programme The Stream.

Derrick Ashong

In 2012, Ashong was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for his work as a presenter on on The Stream.

Uhuru Kenyatta

Aljazeera's The Stream, which taps into the potential of social media to disseminate news, covered Uhuru's use of Social Media in their show.



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'Opaeka'a Falls

The name dates back to days when the native freshwater shrimp Atyoida bisulcata were plentiful in the stream and were seen rolling and tumbling down the falls and into the churning waters at the fall's base.

Aiguá

The city is situated on the east bank of the stream Arroyo de Aiguá, one of the main tributaries of Cebollatí River.

Alph River

He took the name from the opening passage of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, Kubla Khan, as the stream continues north a considerable distance under moraine and ultimately subglacially beneath Koettlitz Glacier to the Ross Sea.

Altamirano Municipality

Rivers in the municipality include the Tzaconejá River, Mendoza River, Soledad River and the streams Las Canoitas, Poza del Padre, Disciplina and finally the El Triunfo Lake.

Boulder darter

Flooding of lower reaches of Shoal Creek by Wilson Dam and industrial pollution in upper reaches of the stream probably led to the loss of the population formerly present in Shoal Creek.

Canada Creek

Canada Creek Ranch, Michigan, United States, an unincorporated community near the stream

Cheugugi

The generally known name originated from the Supyo-seok attached on the pier of the bridge, and the Supyo-seok's meaning and function is "the water level gauge" of Cheonggyecheon, telling how much the stream's water level is risen by a rain.

Chrysaor

Chrysaor, married to Callirrhoe, daughter of glorious Oceanus, was father to the triple-headed Geryon, but Geryon was killed by the great strength of Heracles at sea-circled Erytheis beside his own shambling cattle on that day when Heracles drove those broad-faced cattle toward holy Tiryns, when he crossed the stream of Okeanos and had killed Orthos and the oxherd Eurytion out in the gloomy meadow beyond fabulous Oceanos.

Clear Stream

The stream flows southeast through the townships of Dixville and Millsfield before joining the Androscoggin River in the town of Errol.

E. gigantea

Epipactis gigantea, the stream orchid or giant helleborine, an orchid species

El Pinar, Uruguay

Its south limit is the coastline of the Río de la Plata and it shares borders with Lomas de Solymar to the west, with Neptunia to the east, with the stream Arroyo Pando separating the two, and with Country Villa Juana to the north.

Forsån

Signal crayfish and Trout have been introduced in the stream, of which the former succeeded in establishing while Roach is believed to be unfavourable to the latter.

Francisco Ramírez de Madrid

All the land between the Paseo del Prado and Paseo de las Delicias, and the two banks of the stream of Atocha were his.

Franklin J. Schaffner

Jerry Goldsmith composed the music for seven of his films, including Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Islands in the Stream and The Boys from Brazil.

General Enrique Martínez

The village is located at the east end of Route 17, and the south end of Route 91, situated on the north bank of Cebollatí River and west of the mouth of the stream Arroyo del Parao.

Germanasca

The stream is formed from Lago Verde, a small Alpine lake in the Cottian Alps, and initially runs northwards, before reaching the comune of Salza di Pinerolo and turning east.

Getterön Nature Reserve

In the northern bay, where the stream Himleån flows into the Kattegat, dredged material from the harbor was dumped, which made the bay smaller and shallower.

Gwynns Falls

During periods of high water conditions the stream can be whitewater kayaked with the most challenging section running from the dam in Dickeyville to the Washington Street bridge crossing.

Igelbäcken

European crayfish was observed in 1989 and Signal crayfish, illegally introduced during the 1990s, is feared to threaten the population of Stone Loach and to bring crayfish plague into the stream.

Thereafter, the stream flows some 4 km in the valley separating the suburbs Akalla-Hjulsta and Tensta-Rinkeby and where are several rural structures including an ecological farm (Hästa Gård), eight allotment-gardens, and some minor overgrown wetlands.

Ithilien

Ithilien, or "Moon-land," is the easternmost province of Gondor, the only part of Gondor across the Great River Anduin lying between the river and the Mountains of Shadow (Ephel Dúath), subdivided by the stream of Morgulduin into North and South Ithilien.

Kan Creek

Tehran's district 22 municipality has considered Kan Creek a primary source of water for the currently under construction Chitgar Lake, the stream will provide 80 percent of the artificial lake's inflow.

Katie Spotz

Accompanied by safety kayaker, James Hendershott, the two began on July 22 to hike the "stream" for 27 miles before starting at swimming depth on the river at Roulette, Pennsylvania.

Kidron

Kidron, Israel, a small moshav near Gedera, which is named after the stream flowing through Kidron Valley

Laguna del Inca

The stream that drains the lake is a tributary of the Juncalillo River, which flows into the Juncal River.

Le ruisseau noir

The stream depicted is the Loue, a capricious creek flowing through the village of Ornans, where Courbet was born.

Lithia Park

Its name originates from lithium oxide (O) or "lithia," which is found in the stream water pumped to the park.

Lunca de Sus

With financial support of the European Union became completed by November 2009 the stream regulation and flood control works on Gârbea Creek.

Miraflor Natural Reserve

There are 236 species of birds, among which one can observe Quetzal, Emerald Toucanet, Pájaro Campana (Procnias tricaruntulata), Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri), and the national bird of Nicaragua, Turquoise-browed Motmot, Guardabarranco (Guardian of the stream).

Mönchhagen

The municipality of Mönchhagen lies to the east of the Hanseatic City of Rostock in a predominantly flat region that is drained by the stream of the Peezer Bach into the bay of Breitling.

Paw Paw Creek

The stream is named for the pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba), a native fruit-bearing tree of the eastern United States, which grows along its banks.

Pellice

The stream is formed at the western slope of Monte Granero in the Cottian Alps and initially runs northwards, before turning east and reaching the comune of Bobbio Pellice.

Picabo, Idaho

The pristine Silver Creek is renowned among fly fisherman and was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, who enjoyed hunting and fishing along the stream with local rancher Bud Purdy.

Pied Thrush

Although rare, they are locally and seasonally seen regularly at certain locations in winter such as at Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, where a number of birds gather by the stream early in the morning or in some hills stations in southern India such as Nandi Hills and Yercaud.

Pusweli Oya

The stream flows for 16 km down its valley before joining the Kelani Ganga near Hanwella.

Starting from the hills in Puswelihena in Horana Division of Kalutara District, it flows northwards through a low lying flat land (6–10 meters above sea level) converted into rice fields, which ultimately becomes the stream's flood plain during rainy seasons.

Ribeira da Garça

Around halfway to the stream and up to Chã da Igreja is the main road of Cruzinha - Ribeira Grande that lies with the west side of the stream The river finally empties into the Atlantic that are surrounded by a cliffy coastline and is near a beach area located west of Cruzinha.

Ribeira da Janela, Cape Verde

The stream begins just northeast of the mountaintop and the caldera of Pico da Cruz.

Schmiddis

Two bridges cross the Schmiddis, one for the state road 314, and a second one close to the mouth of the stream near the retention basin Rappenbach.

Shulbinsk Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Shulbinsk Hydro Power Plant (Шульбинская ГЭС) is a hydro power plant on the middle reach of the Irtysh River, 70 km up the stream from Semipalatinsk in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan.

Slab Fork

Between Slab Fork and Mullens, the stream is paralleled by West Virginia Route 54.

Stroubles Creek

The Clean Water Act in the 1970s prompted the VA Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to monitor the lower portion of the stream (downstream of the Duck Pond).

Tar Heel

According to this legend, the troops of British General Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War were fording what is now known as the Tar River between Rocky Mount and Battleboro when they discovered that tar had been dumped into the stream to impede the crossing of British soldiers.

Teville Stream

Passing through Homefield Park and the playing fields of Davison High School, the stream continues into fields near East Worthing railway station, it meets with Broadwater Brook (also known as Sompting Brook) before turning abruptly southwards to Brooklands Lake, from where it flows into the English Channel.

V. glabella

Viola glabella, the stream violet or pioneer violet, a plant species found in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America

Wakenda, Missouri

The community was founded in 1869 and is named after the Siouan name for Gods River on account of abundance of game on its banks and fish in the stream.