National Weather Service Hydrologic Information Center
Current hydrologic conditions, flood summaries, river forecasts, and related information for the U.S. Also links to other hydrometeorological information resources.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Real-Time Water Data
Links to USGS sites across the United States serving data on real-time streamflow via satellite and modem.

British Columbia (BC) and Yukon River Levels
Real time river level information in British Columbia and Yukon Territory, from Environment Canada.

International Rivers Network
IRN campaigns for sustainable development practices and conservation of rivers and their watersheds throughout the world.

Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - About the Upper Mississippi River System
General description of and information about the 1,300-mile Upper Mississippi River System. Includes heritage, economic, and environmental information and details of current threats faced by the river.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cableway Safety Training Class
Web-based class describes how cableways are used for measuring stream flow and how to inspect a cableway before it is used.

Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary
An overview of the status of riparian ecosystems in the U.S. and guidelines for restoring and creating them.

European Rivers Network: RiverNet
Mainly European information on river-basins, ecological projects, organizations working on rivers, and threats to rivers. Includes comprehensive page of European river links. Multilingual site.

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
Award-winning, international education program that involves young people in hands-on river education, conservation, and restoration projects.

Environment Agency of England and Wales
UK government agency concerned mainly with rivers, flooding, and pollution. Site includes public information and educational materials, "What's in your backyard?" pollution database, and current flood warnings for the UK.

EPA's Surf Your Watershed
Environmental Protection Agency's service to help citizens locate environmental information about their local regions. Includes atlas of watersheds, how to adopt your local watershed, and watershed indicators.

Rivers of the World: Their Beauty and Majesty
Provides comparative ecological and other information about 16 of the world's major rivers: Congo, Mississippi, Columbia, Blackstone, Volga, Ganges, Pawtuxet, Connecticut, Colorado, Amazon, Missouri, Murray-Darling, Hudson, Nile, Euphrates, and Housatonic.

River Network
Committed to solving river problems through grassroots citizen action. Works with private land owners and public agencies to acquire and conserve critical areas. Site includes resources for local groups, grants for local projects, and details of the River Conservancy conservation project.

The Watershed Management Council
Non-profit educational organization dedicated to watershed management with members in 28 US states and 3 countries. Site includes newsletters, conference reports, and educational information.

Alternative Stream Research - a Photo Study
Sample photos of stream projects in the US, plus a large collection of links to other websites.

Freshwater Data Tables: World Resources Institute
Definitive statistical tables from World Resources 2000-2001 covering Freshwater Resources and Withdrawals, Groundwater and Desalinization, and Major Watersheds of the World. (Tables are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format only.)

NSADP: Northern Sinai Agricultural Development Program
Examines political and environmental issues surrounding a proposed irrigation project in Egypt, the effect on the River Nile, and the possibility of "water wars" between Egypt and other countries who depend on the Nile.

WWF European Freshwater Programme
The European Freshwater Programme of WWF, the conservation organisation, focuses on restoration, conservation and sustainable development of Europe's rivers and wetlands.

Riparian Management Systems
Information about Riparian Management Systems how they help protect water quality through nitrate, phosphorus, and sediment removal. Site from Iowa State University includes details of project sites, FAQs, publications, and research details.

American Heritage Rivers
U.S. government program to protect and restore America's rivers and their watersheds. Includes information to help local communities become involved in river projects.

American Rivers
American Rivers is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers and to fostering a river stewardship ethic.

Australian Conservation Foundation: Rivers and Water Campaign
ACF's Healthy Rivers and Waters campaign aims to improve the quality of rivers and return them to their natural state. Includes information about restoring the Murray Darling and Snowy rivers and campaigns against dams in Australia.

Montana Water Trust
A private, nonprofit trust that works cooperatively with landowners to increase tributary flow to benefit Montana's native fish species.

American Whitewater
American Whitewater aims to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely. Activities include education, conservation, events, safety, and river access.

River World
Dedicated to the conservation and improved management of waterways worldwide. News bulletins and pictures.

EUROCAT European Catchments and their Impact on the Coast
An EU-funded project that aims to achieve integrated catchment management and sustainable use of water resources at a catchment scale. Focuses on three coastal seas (Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea) and six associated river catchments (Vistula, Elbe, Rhine, Humber, Po, and Axios).

The Natural Tendencies of Rivers
Essay by J. G. Imhof of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Includes a classification of stream types (with examples from Ontario) and explains how different streams favor different species.

WWF Living Waters
About this organization's river basin conservation activities and the concerns that motivate them.

River Revival
Directory of some grassroots activists and non-governmental organizations engaged in dam decommissioning and river restoration activities, with notes on their particular interests.

Stream Systems Technology Center
USDA Forest Service organization that develops and implements methdologies for study of stream hydrology. Site provides information about physical aspects of wildland streams, especially fluvial geomorphology.

Patapsco River Conservation Project
A conservation effort cleaning this Maryland river. Includes a brief history, timeline, famous events, environmental news, updates, photos, and pictures.

Rivers of the Earth
Rivers of the Earth ranked by river length, river system length, drainage basin area, and average discharge rate.

Asian International Rivers Center
The AIRC is a research center attached to Yunnan University in Kunming, China. It was founded to conduct research, develop information and decision support tools, and build human capacity.

NOAA Advanced River Forcast Center
Advanced hydrologic prediction service providing links to thirteen US regional river forecast centers where floods and/or droughts are forecast hours to months into the future.

The World Commission on Dams
An independent, international, multi-stakeholder process produced a report addressing controversial issues associated with large dams.

Regulated Rivers: Research & Management
International journal of interdisciplinary research into river management, including the effects of major dams, weirs, canalization, and water transfers. Free access to abstracts of back issues.

River Research and Applications
International journal of basic and applied scientific research on biological, ecological, geomorphological, hydrological, engineering and geographical aspects of rivers. Free access to abstracts.

Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems: Freshwater Systems
The World Resources Institute reports that the world's freshwater ecosystems are dangerously degraded. Provided as HTML and PDF.

The National Rivers Website
The National Rivers Website provides information on canoeing, kayaking, fly-fishing, rafting, river conservation, river access, and river navigability law.

U.S. Geological Survey Surface-Water Field Techniques Training Class
Online course provides a basic understanding of techniques the USGS uses to collect streamflow data.

UK Rivers Network
Network of river groups in the UK and Ireland. Site includes regularly updated news and a message board for the UK rivers community.