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Alex Stead

Iceland

A man standing along a riverbank watching waterfalls flow over a mountain cliff

Gabriel Ferrier

Yellowstone National Park

United States

Wyoming

A view of a waterfall into a river

Tyler Glass

Lucerne

Switzerland

The iconic Water Tower and Chapel Bridge span the river in the city of Lucerne, with majestic mountains rising in the background.

Lee Morton

Man standing on a mountain canyon ledge as water sprays down the cliff

Manuela Palmberger

Pontresina

Grisons

A stunning high-altitude landscape shows a majestic snow-covered mountain range, a rocky moraine, and a glacial lake in an autumn valley.

Giulio Gröbert

Italy

A stream runs through the forest with forested mountains in the distance

A stream that runs between some rocks and there is a small building on a lawn in front between pine trees

Marcus Sies

A blue river surrounded by mountains and snow-capped peaks under a clear sky.

Daniel Johnson

A woman in a black swimsuit kneels beneath a cascading waterfall, lifting her arms as water streams around her in a secluded natural pool.

Heather Lawrence

United Kingdom

England

Utility towers standing tall on the rural landscape

Xavier Rodriguez

Spain

Galicia

A river running through the middle of a forest

Simon Hird

Scotland

A stream running through the forest.

Thomas Irwin

California

Sun shining on forest valley with river

Evan Lanier

Waterfall flowing down the side of a mountain canyon covered with plants and vegetation

Chandler Borries

Ocean Springs

Mississippi

Winding river between the forests under a cloudy sky

Lauenen

Canton of Bern

A powerful waterfall cascades down a cliff into a lush green mountain valley with a rocky stream flowing through the landscape.

Lizzy Rollins

A woman wearing a white bathing suit stands beside a river on a sunny, summer day.

Dani Guindo

An aerial view of a vibrant blue glacial river winding through a stark volcanic landscape dotted with snow on a foggy day.

Elia Pellegrini

Zadar

Croatia

Zadar County

river flows through rocky canyon, trees with leaves turning color

An aerial view shows a waterfall cascading through a snowy, narrow canyon with dark, hexagonal basalt rock formations.

Faizal Westcott

A black and white of city buildings with a river going through them and clothes hanging on lines from windows out of the building.

Fadwa Ward

Two young women rowing kayaks near the coast

Tanya Yatsenko

Berlin

Germany

An ornate bridge with statues crosses a city river at dusk, with the lights reflecting on the calm water.

An ethereal top-down view shows mist and glacial water weaving through a dark, textured geological landscape.

Reed Schick

New York

Two women embrace while sitting on a grassy lawn in a park, enjoying the scenic view of the city skyline across the water.

Rebecca Newman

New Zealand

Aerial view of a small wooden bridge crossing a rocky river surrounded by dense, vibrant green forest and ferns.

Kelton Woodburn

Mountains and a river valley under a cloudy sky

Sean Scheidt

Two people hiking on a trail through a forested mountain valley to the river

GS & Co

A river flowing at night in the dark

Jade Stephens

Two people enjoy a peaceful paddle in a kayak down a sun-dappled river lined with lush green trees and a waterfront home.

An image of a waterfall

Taya Raevskaya

A tranquil woman in a white dress sits on a gnarled tree branch over a still pond completely covered in green algae.

Chris Schmid

Botswana

An aerial view of a river with two openings and a boat sailing in the center

Joe Hall

Irregular patterns of green vegetation emerge between shallow water channels, forming a natural mosaic at the foot of a mist-shrouded mountain.

Paul Boomsma

Gásadalur

Faroe Islands

Vágar

Stream flowing over the edge of a coastal cliff of the Faroe Islands

A person swimming in a stream running through the mountains

Nick Colombini

Mammoth Lakes

A view of a river with a mountain in the distance.

A breathtaking aerial view captures the dramatic meeting of a turquoise glacial river and the dark ocean along a black sand shoreline.

Casey McCallister

Colorado

A small wooden house on the edge of a river with water passing through a small waterfall between rocks

Omar Eltahan

Shubrakhit

Egypt

Beheira Governorate

A man stands on rocks at the edge of a calm lake, preparing to skip a stone under the light of the full moon at dusk.

Nirav Patel

River running between mountains under a cloudy sky

Guido Pezz

A colorful water land with green particles in the water

Leah Whitty

India

Kerala

Wooden canoe sits on the grass near a pond

Luke Stackpoole

A penguin colony in a mountainous valley, with snowy peaks in the background.

Ava Grace

A woman with long brown hair stands on a rocky ground in front of a wide waterfall, with her arms out to the side as a bright rainbow forms in the mist.

Cables support a footbridge across a mountain river canyon in switzerland

Aerial view of a silver helicopter flies high above a field of green grass with rivers

aerial shot of a river

Thanushan Uthayakumar

Nuwara Eliya

Sri Lanka

Central Province

A view from the grassy banks of a serene pond shows a dense forest perfectly reflected in the still water.

Hallstatt

Austria

Upper Austria

Rock cliffs and an aspenfilled hillside with log cabins along a river in austria

Cassie Wegeng

Dominicalito

Costa Rica

Provincia de Puntarenas

A powerful waterfall cascades over mossy rocks into a green pool of water in a misty tropical rainforest.

Mandy Sham

Woman standing on a balcony looking at icebergs along the river and mountains in the distance

Kyle Gilbert

A majestic waterfall cascades down a vertical cliff into a pool of mist below, surrounded by lush vegetation and rugged terrain.

Knoxville

Tennessee

Young woman bending down in a field near a river with smoke from a factory rising in the distance

Kyle Niego

A woman with long blonde hair in a black one-piece swimsuit stands on a red and white checkered blanket on a rocky riverbank.

Jonathan Elyea

A mountain stream seen from the rocky bank on a sunny spring day.

Alexa Jade

Kyoto

Japan

A black and white photograph captures people crossing a wide river on large stepping stones in an urban park.

Nick Brown

A waterfall descends between dark rocks in an autumn forest with a stone bridge at the background.

Victoria Palka

Paris

France

Île-de-France

A couple seen from behind shares a quiet, romantic moment while sitting by the sparkling water of a city river.

Al Qanatir Al Khayriyyah

Al-Qalyubia Governorate

A white egret with its wings spread flies over a dark stream surrounded by dense, tall green reeds.

A scenic river winds through a lush, green rainforest towards a large volcano in the distance on a cloudy day.

Elena Kulikova

Long, twisted, coral-like rocks at the edge of a body of water

Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove

The meeting of glacial rivers with mossy fields.

The historic wooden Chapel Bridge, adorned with pink flowers, and the Water Tower stand over the River Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Isle of Mull

An overhead view of delicate, swirling ice formations freezing over a shallow bed of rocks and pebbles.

A lush green mountainside with small cascading waterfalls is partially shrouded in thick, low-hanging clouds and fog.

Hannah Miles

London

View of modern buildings and cranes under construction reflected in the river in a sunny urban setting.

a restaurant has sushi displayed on a counter looking out at a bridge over a river in a city

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