 | Geography - 1849 - 24 pages
...water so shallow that its depth may be measured with lead and line. A Laie is a largo body of water surrounded by land. A River is a large stream of water flowing across the land. The Source of a river is the place where ir rises. The Month of a river is the place... | |
 | George William Fitch - Geography - 1863 - 108 pages
...water. A CHANNEL is — a wide passage of water. A SOUND is — a comparatively shallow cham el or bay. A LAKE is — a body of water nearly or quite surrounded by land. A POND is — a small lake. -A RIVEH if — a large stream of water flowing through the land. RILLS,... | |
 | New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb - Deaf - 1868 - 192 pages
...customs are like those of the Chinese." Of lakes and seas, one wrote : "Lake is sweet water ;" another, " A' lake is a body of water nearly or quite surrounded by land ; it is usually fresh ;" " Oceans and seas always have salt water, but lakes usually have fresh water."... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1871 - 274 pages
...the artifices of courts. 3. Placed on the verge of youth, my mind Life's opening scenes surveyed. 5. A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land. 6. A city is a large town incorporated with special privileges. (d) An adjective as the antecedent... | |
 | William Swinton - Earth (Planet) - 1882 - 136 pages
...land division does it correspond? This division of water corresponds to an island. 4. What is a river? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land. 5. What is a sea, gulf, or bay ? A sea, gulf, or bay is a body of water partly or nearly surrounded... | |
 | Geography - 1883 - 132 pages
...earth at a higher level. A Geyser is a spring that issues in jets of hot water, steam, and mud. 43. A River is a large stream of water flowing through the land. Smaller streams are called nils, brooks, and creeks. The Mouth of a stream is the place where it flows... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - Geography - 1888 - 146 pages
...water ? The streams of water are called rills, rivulets, brooks, creeks, and rivers. What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land. What are the sources of a river ? — the mouth ? The sources of %a river are the springs or waters... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - Geography - 1889 - 80 pages
...body of water almost or quite surrounded by land. (A Lake is larger than a Pond.) What is a River ? A River is a large stream of water flowing through the land. What are little Streams called ? Brooks, Rills, and Creeks. This is a map of two Lakes. What is the... | |
 | John Newell Tilden - Geography - 1899 - 248 pages
...the Caspian Sea embraces all the territory drained by the Volga, the Ural, and several other rivers. A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land. It may flow into another river, into a lake, or directly into the sea. Small streams are called rills,... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Geography - 1899 - 114 pages
...bodies of water. What is a spring ? A spring is water flowing up out of the ground. What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the, land. What is a lake ? A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. LESSON X. THE EARTH ROTATES: DAY AND... | |
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What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the, land. 
