In Favor of Flooding

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There are people who would immediately answer the question that Robert Macfarlane asks with "Yes." Because they still know natural rivers, their original power, their wealth of life, their power. Children would also often answer "Yes." And many inhabitants of the tamed river world of Central Europe would probably rather ponder, because the canalized, leaked, heavily burdened and [...] The article Are rivers living beings? Robert Macfarlane's jou…

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There is a Confucian saying - 'Wise people love rivers, and humane people love mountains.' I didn't know about the wisdom but I have definitely been enjoying learning about rivers recently completing James C Scott's excellent book, In Praise of Floods.