 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1840 - 132 pages
...may be fathomed, is called a Sound ; a wider and larger passage between two seas is called a Channel. A Gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded by...into the land with a wider opening than a gulf. A River is a stream of fresh water falling into a sea or lake, or lost in the sands. The mouth of a river,... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - Child welfare - 1841 - 450 pages
...level portions of land, elevated considerably above the level of the sea. (As answered by C. .) 4. The principal divisions of the water are Oceans, Seas,...opening than a gulf. A Strait is a narrow passage connecting two seas. A River is a stream of fresh water, falling into a sea or lake. (As answered by... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - Child welfare - 1841 - 448 pages
...water altogether surrounded by land. A Gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded by land. A buy is a portion of water running into the land, with...opening than a gulf. A Strait is a narrow passage connecting two seas. A Kiver is a stream of fresh water, falling into a sea or lake. (As answered by... | |
 | Alexander Reid - Geography - 1842 - 158 pages
...the sea. A portion of land stretching into the sea is also called a promontory, head, point, or ness. The principal divisions of the water are oceans, seas,...running into the land, with a wider opening than a gulf. Small portions of the sea running into the land, or sheltered by it, are also called ports, havens,... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1843 - 120 pages
...Lakes of Killarney. A gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded by land ; as the Gulf of Mexico. A bay is a portion of water running into the land, with a wider opening than a gulf; as the Bay of Biscay. A strait is a narrow passage of water, connecting two seas, and is not unlike... | |
 | Henry Hopwood - 1846 - 250 pages
...Oceans. 27. A sea is a smaller portion of water than an ocean, and is somewhat bounded by land. A gulph is a portion of water almost surrounded by land. A bay is a portion of water running into the laud, with a wider opening than a gulph. A lake is a portion of water entirely surrounded by land.... | |
 | Alexander Stewart - 1850 - 480 pages
...LAKE is a hody of water wholly surrounded hy land.* A GULF is a portion of water almost surrounded hy land. A BAY is a portion of water running into the land, with a wider opening than a gulf. A CREEK is a narrow portion of water running into the land. A STRAIT is a narrow passage of water connecting... | |
 | Henry Hopwood - 1856 - 306 pages
...Not so the Pacific. 27. A sea is a smaller portion of water than an ocean, and is somewhat bounded by land. A gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded...into the land, with a wider opening than a gulf. A lake is a portion of water entirely surrounded by land. The application of these terms, however, is... | |
 | John Lockhart (of Kirkcaldy.) - 1862 - 216 pages
...Ocean is 1 A very large expanse of salt water. A Sea is 1 A like expanse of salt water, but smaller. A Gulf is ? A portion of water almost surrounded by...water running into the land, with a wider opening, but, generally speaking, of smaller extent than a Gulf. A Strait is ? A narrow portion of water connecting... | |
 | James Douglas (Ph.D.) - 1867 - 98 pages
...ocean to which a particular name has been given. A sea studded with islands is called an archipelago. A Gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded by...opening than a gulf. A Strait is a narrow passage of water joining two larger portions together. A longer and more open passage of water is called a... | |
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The principal divisions of the water are oceans, seas, lakes, gulfs, bays, straits, and rivers. An ocean is a very large portion of salt water. A sea is a smaller portion of salt water. A lake is a body of water altogether surrounded by land. 
