Canada - For a long time, the frozen Ottawa River constituted the easiest way for the Indians and the first European explorers to reach the Great Lakes region. After this first winter day, facing the Isle-aux-Allumettes, the frost will not take long to cover these calm, clear river waters.

The Niger river (4200 km) in Niamey.

View of the Green River as it flows through Canyonlands National Park (Utah), created in 1964. The river was given its name in the 16th century by the Spaniards, impressed by the bordering vegetation, rare in the parched landscape, which was reflected in the water.

In the past, you had to cross the Río Dulce at the outflow of Lake Izabal by ferry, but today there is a bridge there. - 1977

In Rosso, on the Senegal River on the border between Mauritania and the Senegalese state, the camel, the "desert ship", and the pirogue, the river boat, meet. - Senegal - 1969

Pier of the pirogues on the river Niger - Kabara - Mali - 1969

A fisherman with his pirogue on the Niger River in the Mopti area. - Mali - 1969

Fishermen sell their catch on the banks of the Chari - Chad - 1967

View of the Nass River late in the afternoon near Old Aiyansh, in the heart of the land of the Nisga’a. In the background is the coastal range.

The Skeena River in autumn. This stretch is between Kispiox and Hazelton.

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Vallée du Río Apurimac dans laquelle vivaient des tribus hostiles aux Incas. Paysage caractéristique de la Sierra centrale.

On the way to Estancia Sofía - Río Gallegos Region - Santa Cruz Province - 1973

The great rivers that run through Patagonia have their source in the Andes. The gradient is gentle, and the watercourses take their time before pouring into the Atlantic Ocean. But in the rainy season, when the storms rage in the peaks of the Cordillera, the rivers swell. Then floods threaten people, animals and crops. The inhabitants of both banks use the many fords as river crossings. The photograph shows a scene that used to be characteristic of life in the pampas, but is becoming increasingly rare today as a result of Argentina's economic development: A herd of four hundred Hereford cattle is being driven through the Río Alumine (Neuquén province) and taken to the next estancia. These transports are increasingly carried out with the help of trucks, at least where bridges allow the rapid crossing of Patagonia's rivers and streams. - 1973

Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras and is the largest city in the country. It is located in the southern part of the country in a high basin on the banks of the Río Choluteca river at around 940 metres above sea level. The river water is used for washing clothes. - 1977

A farmer crosses the Río San José in central Guatemala with his cows. - 1977

The Oued Azougi in Mauritania can also become a raging river. - Mauritania - 1968

Béni Abbès, in the north-western Algerian Sahara, is the prototype of a Saharan oasis. Here, the roots of the palm trees are bathed by the waters of the Wadi Saoura, but the immense dunes of the western Great Ergs loom menacingly in the background. In a country where the sand is 75 degrees Celsius in summer, the main architectural problem is to create shady and cool zones. - Algeria - 1971

The Oued Saoura in the region of Béni Abbès on the western edge of the Western Great Ergs. - Algeria - 1971

Béni Abbès is an oasis town in western Algeria inhabited mainly by Berbers. It is located on the Oued Saoura, which only has water in winter and spring and forms the western border of the Western Great Erga, the second largest sand sea in the Sahara. The new town of Béni Abbès is situated on a rocky plateau above the valley floor. The plain is surrounded by sand dunes that rise almost 40 m above the surface of the plateau in the immediate vicinity of the town. Other dunes reach a height of more than 80 m. - Algeria - 1966

Flock of sheep by the water near Mécheria, in north-west Algeria, on the northern edge of the Sahara. - Algeria - 1966

Moghar and Taghtani (Algeria). - The famous slabs, which have been known since 1847 and were first published in 1849, are situated in front of a landscape that already hints at a desert. It has been said that the real difference between the north and the south is the palm tree: it gives dates in the north, hard nuts in the south. You can see the engravings on the slabs opposite the meagre gardens of the oasis. The deep and mysterious engraving at the bottom right is of Neolithic age. Perhaps it shows a man? But nothing is certain. This engraving is a first indication of an affirmed spirituality: it encloses an idea in a symbol whose meaning escapes us. Height: 0.97 m. - Algeria - 1971

Rosso is a border community between Senegal and Mauritania, on the banks of the Senegal River. - Senegal - 1969

Near Mopti - Boats on the Niger River - Mali - 1969

A transport boat on the Niger River near Gao - Mali - 1969

Sunset over the Niger River near Kabara, Mali. A 13-kilometre-long artificial canal connected Kabara with Timbuktu since the 17th century. The canal was used by pirogues and sailing ships. It served to transport people and goods and connected Timbuktu with the Niger. This canal dried up again and again in modern times and is now silted up and only visible as a ditch in some places. - Mali - 1969

A herd of dromedaries refreshes itself in the Niger River - Kabara - Mali - 1969

The port of Mopti on the Niger River. Mopti is particularly characterised by trade and crafts. The city is a trading centre for fish, cattle and grain. Important crafts are weaving, iron and leather processing, pottery and boat building (pinasses up to 50 tons). - Mali - 1969

The cattle quench their thirst in the river Chari - Chad - 1967

There are waterholes that dry up only a few weeks before each rainy season. And yet ... after a sharp bend in the track, a river appears, a real river with much deep water, which nothing has foreseen: The Chari is barely indicated by the vegetation of its banks ... - Chad - 1967

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