... waters. The river, of course, becomes smaller as these tributaries are passed. It shrinks first to a brook, then to a stream ; this again divides itself into a number of smaller streamlets, ending in mere threads of water. These constitute the source... The Maritime Monthly - Page 3091873Full view - About this book
| John Tyndall - 1872 - 234 pages
...Thames in the Cotswold Hills ; the Danube in the hills of the Black Forest ; the Ehine and the Ehone in the Alps ; the Ganges in the Himalaya Mountains...Rocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the... | |
| John Tyndall - 1872 - 234 pages
...mere threads of water. These constitute the source of the river, and are usually found among hills. 4. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains;...Hills; the Danube in the hills of the Black Forest; the Khine and the Rhone in the Alps; the Ganges in the Himalaya Mountains; the Euphrates near Mount Ararat;... | |
| John Tyndall - 1873 - 254 pages
...river, and are usually found among hills. 4. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains j the Thames in the Cotswold Hills ; the Danube in the...Rocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the... | |
| English reader - 1875 - 202 pages
...So'urce, origin. Tor'-rents, rapid streams. Trans-pa'r-ent, pervious to light. Trib'-u-ta-ries, afflueuts. LET us trace a river to its source. Beginning where...Welsh mountains; the Thames in the Cotswold Hills; the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains; and the Amazon in the Antes o Peru. But it is quite plain that we... | |
| John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pages
...stream ; this again divides itself | into a number of streamlets, ending | in mere threads of water. 2. These constitute the source of the river, and are...mountains; the Thames, in the Cotswold Hills; the Missouri, in the Rocky Mountains; and the Amazon, in the Andes of Peru. But it is quite plain that... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1884 - 248 pages
...mere threads of water. These constitute the source of the river, and are usually found among hills. 2. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains;...Black Forest; the Rhine and the Rhone in the Alps. 3. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of rivers. Whence do the earliest... | |
| 1894 - 264 pages
...ORIGIN OF RIVERS. water. These constitute the source of the river, and are usually found among hills. 2. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains ; the Thames in the Gotswold Hills ; the Danube in the hills of the Black Forest ; the Rhine and the Ehone in the Alps.... | |
| John Tyndall - 1896 - 236 pages
...threads of water. These constitute the source of the- river, and are usually found among hills. 4. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains...the Giant Mountains of Bohemia ; the Missouri in the Eocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet... | |
| John Tyndall - 1896 - 242 pages
...mere threads of water. These constitute the source of the river, and are usually found among hills. 4. Thus the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains...the hills of the Black Forest ; the Rhine and the Ehone in the Alps ; the Ganges in the Himalaya Mountains ; the Euphrates near Mount Ararat ; the Garonne... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 252 pages
...ending in mere threads of water. These constitute the source of the river, and are usually found 10 among hills. Thus, the Severn has its source in the...Welsh mountains; the Thames in the Cotswold Hills; the Missouri in the Rocky Moun- 15 tains; and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. But it is quite plain that... | |
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