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[[Image:Zirmunai.jpg|thumb|200 px|[[Steamboat]] river trip in [[Vilnius]]]]
A '''river journey''' could refer to any trip down a [[river]]. Such trips are now a common leisure activity in certain parts of the world, e.g. down the [[Colorado River]] in the [[U.S.]].

A number of well-known works of [[fiction]] and [[film]] involve river trips, including ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'', ''[[Death on the Nile]]'', ''[[The African Queen]]'', ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (which was inspired by ''Heart of Darkness''), and ''[[Deliverance]]''.

''[[Itrw]]'' is ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] term meaning "river journey", which to the [[ancient Egyptians]] meant a specific measure of length along the [[Nile]]. {{cn}}

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