The Mumbai to Goa road trip is still one of the most fun drives in India with beaches, greenery, and amazing food stops on the way.
Asia's longest river doesn't stay calm for long. Up in its mountain gorges, steep terrain squeezes it into narrow channels, and the current picks up speed dramatically as it forces its way through.
Glacial melt from the Andes gives the Futaleufü its striking turquoise color. Don't let the postcard shade fool you, though -this Patagonian river carries some of the most intense white water anywhere on the planet.
Tucked into Tasmania's wilderness, the Franklin drops fast and hard. Steep gradients and technical rapids have made it a rite of passage for Australia's whitewater paddlers, and one of the continent's fastest wild rivers.
Depth changes everything. The Congo plunges so deep in places that it's considered the fastest deep river on Earth, with rapids and sheer discharge pushing currents past 11 mph in some stretches.