Temirtau is an industrial city in central Kazakhstan, located in the Karaganda Region on the Nura River near the Samarkand Reservoir. Its landscape combines broad steppe with the waterways and low hills of central Kazakhstan, while the city itself is strongly associated with metallurgy and heavy industry. Large industrial facilities form an important part of its skyline and local economy.

The largest tourist town in the Lake District feels like a resort. One of the sights is the Windermere Steamboat Museum, probably the finest steamboat collection in the world.

My Tho lies along the Tien River at the edge of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where waterways shape both movement and daily life.

A tributary of the Rhine, the Moselle River flows through France, Luxembourg and Germany. The Moselle also lends its name to a region of France, a valley which it bisects, and a wine produced along its banks.

The capital of Saint Maarten, the Dutch side of this two nation island, Philipsburg is located on the isthmus between Groot Baai (Great Bay) and the Salt Pond. Founded in 1733 as a free port, the city is now the home to outstanding shopping, casinos, and a variety of hotels and resorts, including nearby Mullet Bay Resort and Golf Club.