 | 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... | |
 | David M. Warren - 1877 - 110 pages
...depth may be easily measured. What is a channel? A channel is a passage of water wider than a strait. What is a lake ? A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. What is a river? Lesson 4. A river is a large stream of water flowing from high land into some other,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Swinton - Earth (Planet) - 1882 - 136 pages
...land. 3. To what 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... | |
 | William Swinton - Earth (Planet) - 1882 - 128 pages
...land. 3. To -what land division does it correspond? This division of water corresponds to a island. 4. What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowir through the land. 5. What is a sea, gulf, or bay ? A sea, gulf, or bay is a body of water part... | |
 | 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
...depth can be easily sounded or measured. A Lake is a body of water nearly or quite surrounded by land. A River is a large stream of water flowing through the land. An Empire is a country governed by an Emperor. A Kingdom is a "ountry governed by a King. A Republic... | |
 | 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 where... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - Geography - 1888 - 150 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 ^«- >u«^fcfa-TV pey-ferTLixirj -V**t-OM^J — ^ •\—ъл*»Л~. -vx-nCtZ-i". What are the sources... | |
 | 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 Source... | |
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What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land. 
