A Bai girl carrying buckets of water in front of a water wheel in Lijiang Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

The old watermills in the village of Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Family hydromassage at the Watermill at Ginuciai, Aukstaitija National Park, Lithuania, Europe

Typical houses on water canal frame the old mill of Certovka, Lesser Quarter, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Tranquil scene of watermill reflected in still water, near Montreuil in the Crequois Valley, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Europe

Mill reflecting in Blautopf Spring, Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Sturminster Newton Mill and River Stour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Water mill, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Restored mill near Riley, in Monroe County, southern Alabama, Alabama, United States of America, North America

Crequoise Valley near Montreuil, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Europe

Hexenlochmuehle Mill near Furtwangen in spring, Black Forest, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Hexenlochmuehle Mill near Furtwangen in spring, Black Forest, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Watermills on the riverside promenade, Lanzhou, China"

Watermills on the riverside promenade, Lanzhou, China"

Water mill at Blautopf, Spring and source of the river blau, Blaubeuren, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Bavaria, Germany

Watermill in gardens in the sunlight, Museo Colonial Aleman of the Universidad Austral de Chile, Frutillar, Los Lagos, Patagonia, Chile, South America, America

Old mill at the Seine river under clouded sky, Normandy, France, Europe

View of Hexenloch mill, Neukirch, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Mill at the Blautopf, near Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Russian Stave Mill in the International Wind- and Watermill Museum in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Watermill wheel beside a small waterfall in a mountain stream with moss-covered rocks

Windmill in the International Wind- and Watermill Museum in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Windmill in the International Wind- and Watermill Museum in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

View of an old watermill on the Pegnitz river, Velden an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

TheTourelles water wheel was constructed by royal decree in 1832 and still turns today. One of 14 in the busy market town of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorge in the Luberon district of Provence, France, it once powered the town's factories for corn and cloth.

USA, Georgia, Stone Mountain, Watermill in trees

A watermill in Smoky Mountain National Park