| 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 - Geography - 1881 - 108 pages
...Map of Wat*r Divisiont NOTE. Salt lakes are sometimes called seas, as the Dead Sea, in Palestine. 5. What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing into some other body of water. 6. What are small streams of water culled ? They are called brooks,... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Geography - 1885 - 86 pages
...Volcano ? What body of water is in the northeastern part of the map ? 16 F1RS1 LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY. What is a River? A River is a large stream of water flowing through the land. What is the place where a river empties called? Its Mouth. What is the place where a river rises called... | |
| Jacques Wardlaw Redway - Geography - 1888 - 146 pages
...of streams of 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
...Lake 1 A Lake is a 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... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - Geography - 1899 - 114 pages
...which joins two 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... | |
| John Newell Tilden - Commercial geography - 1899 - 212 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,... | |
| 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 - 1900 - 134 pages
...water which' joins two bodies of water. What is a spring ? A spring is water flowing 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. Preparatory Oral Work.— Boil eome... | |
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