Harpers Ferry

Sender: Alabama_ranger
View from Maryland Heights
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Over 1400 feet high, Maryland Heights affords a spectacular view of Harpers Ferry. The town is situated at the north end of the Shenandoah Valley where the Shenandoah River (left) empties into the Potomac River (right). It is here that the three states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia meet.

Ship Mill

Sender: Chiara64
Ship Mill on the Weser in Minden, Westphalia, Germany

Australian Rainforest

Sender: Crizle
World Heritage Rainforest, Australia

World heritage wilderness. The ancient living museums of rainforest in Australia are millions of years old and these precious eco-systems are home to some of the world's rarest plants and animals.

Yosemite National Park

Sender: Liz

Yosemite National Park

Mountain Dogwood along the Merced River

One of the two major waterways in the Park is the Merced River, which carries rainwater and snow melt from the high Sierras and drains the southern part of the Park. Arising high in the Sierra backcountry, it flows through the heart of the Yosemite Valley.

The Three Parallel Rivers

Sender: Carmenchen
The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas

The Yangtze (Jinsha), Lancang (Mekong) and Nujiang (Salween) rivers run roughly parallel, north to south, through steep gorges and are bordered by glaciated peaks and never converge. The protected area of the Three Parallel Rivers is also a region inhabited by 16 different ethnic groups. It is a peculiar place where multi-ethnic groups, different languages, various religions, cultures and manners and customs co-exist. 

UNESCO: "(It) may be the most biologically diverse temperate region on earth".

Quinault Rain Forest

Sender: Hootnoodle
'Q' is for the 'Quinault' Rain Forest

Text on card: The QUINAULT RAIN FOREST with its mild temperatures, summer fog, long growing season, and abundant rainfall help make this forest at Cannings Creek a most fertile varied garden of growing organisms. Some of the largest trees of their kind, festooned with mosses, lichen and ferns grow in the Quinault Valley. Parasitic and Saprophytic plants abound here.

Wu Zhen, an Ancient Water Town

Sender: Silvia

The scenic ancient water town of Wu Zhen, China with its ancient stone bridges, stone pathways and delicate wood carvings. Very pretty...I wish to visit it one day! 

Zion National Park

Sender: Jenhart75

Virgin River and The Watchman, Zion National Park

Text on card: The seemingly placid waters of the North Fork of the Virgin River were almost entirely responsible for the erosion that created the Zion Canyon visitors see today. Transporting more than one million tons of sediments per year, the river is often referred to as being an endless, moving belt of sandpaper. Less than 200 miles in length, the Virgin River ultimately deposits its load of sediment into the waters of Lake Mead.

Koblenz

Sender: Mirko70

Koblenz and the "German Corner", part of UNESCO WHS "Upper Middle Rhine Valley".

Tollense River

Sender: Petit Pilote

Tollense River, near Kessin, east Germany

Amazing aerial view!

Big South Fork National River

Sender: JandC

Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area

Volga

Sender: Levirin

Isaac Levitan. Volga. 1889. Oil on Canvas 35 x 57 cm

Isaac Ilyich Levitan (30 Aug 1860 - 4 August 1900) was a famous classical Russian painter, a master of landscape painting and founder of the “mood landscape” genre. I googled some of his works and found others I really liked too such as  "Sunny Day", "Golden Autumn", "Footpath in a Forest", "Water Lilies" and more!

Neman

Sender: Catherine

View of Neman and winter town

The Neman is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania (the 14th largest river in Europe, the largest in Lithuania and the 3rd largest in Belarus). It is an old river, dating back to the glacial period.

Red Flag Watercourse

Sender: Wang Fang

Red Flag Watercourse / Red Flag Canal

It is an artificial man-made canal located on the joining point of three provinces on the north part of the Linzhou City 20km to the downtown area. It winds through the splendid Taihang Mountains.

In order to thoroughly solve the problem of water shortage, Linzhou people worked diligently by hand labour for the whole decade from 1960's and built up the Red Flag Canal on the precipitous cliff of Mt. Taihang reputed as "Man-made Heavenly River". This canal diverted the water of Zhanghe River from Shanxi Province to Linzhou. 

A matching stamp!

Reflections

Sender: MichelleW

Text on card states "Reflected Beauty, New England Stream". 

We played a game called "show me the colour of..." in the Colour RR. Michelle sent this pretty card for my requested colour of "peace and harmony". Just as Michelle, I too can imagine getting lost in nature here and letting its calmness restore me. 

Michelle wrote a quote by John Lennon, "All we are saying is give peace a chance".

Aah, I can almost hear John Lennon singing now. 

"Imagine all the people living life in peace...You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one..."

River Una

Sender: Jasmin
UnaSanaKanton - The river Una, flowing through Bihac, north-western Bosnia.