Melbourne is a river city, planned, designed, built and managed around Birrarung. A short walk from the gallery, rowers launch into the river and lovers hold hands on its banks.

PARIS — At 20 seconds past 8 a.m. here Wednesday, 55 female triathletes plunged into the Seine just below the Pont Alexandre III. The Nymphs of the Seine carved into the bridge’s arch, a fleet ...

Another huge tank, which is being built in the town, will hold around 800 cubic meters of water, reducing the number of times the local combined sewer overflows into the river. The development has ...