 Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by means of a single outlet, while others (for instance, the Nile, the Ganges, the Volga, the Rhine, and the Orinoco), before their termination, divide into several branches.* This circumstance will depend...  Physical Geography - Page 9by H. J. Lloyd - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...trnjestic Amazons with the tide of the Atlantic is of the most tremendous description. (See Mascaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by...through which a river runs; but it also frequently * The triangular space formed by a river [wring i'self into the ьеа by VU-.IMIS mouiha, is caüed... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 616 pages
...majestic Amazons with the tide of the Atlantic is of the most tremendous description. (See Mascaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by...through which a river runs; but it also frequently * The triangular space farmed by a river pouring itself into the sea by various mouths, is called a... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 628 pages
...the тон! tremendous description. (Sec Maicaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the eea by means of a single outlet, while others (for instance,...Orinoco), before their termination, divide into several brunches." This circumstance will de|» ml u|x>n the nature of the soil of the country through which... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 624 pages
...majestic Amazons with the tide of the Atlantic is of the most tremendous description. (See Mascaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by...the Volga, the Rhine, and the Orinoco), before their termination,divide into several branches.* This circumstance will depend upon the nature of the soil... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...Laurence and the Riode la Plata, mingle with the ocean bymeans of a single outlet, while others, as the Nile, the Ganges, the Volga, the Rhine, and the...before their termination, divide into several branches. In some of the sandy plains of the torrid zone, the rivers divide into branches, and, from the nature... | |
 | Adriano Balbi - 1835 - 578 pages
...the latter case the point of junction of the two streams is called the confluence. 8. Estuary, Delta. Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by means of a single outlet, in which case they often spread into wide expanses, called estuaries or friths. Others before their... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...Lawrence and the Rio de la Plata, mmgle with the ocean by means of a single outlet, while others, as the Nile, the Ganges, the Volga, the Rhine, and the...before their termination, divide into several branches. In some of the sandy plains of the torrid zone, the rivers divide into branches, and, from the iiature... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1838 - 626 pages
...majestic Amazons witli the tide of the Atlantic is of the most tremendous description. (See Mascaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by...branches.* This circumstance will depend upon the nature of tlw soil of the country through which a river runs ; but it also frequently * The triangular space... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 pages
...latter case the point of junction of the two streams is called the conßuence. 11. Estuary, Delia. Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by means of a single outlet, in which case they often spread into wide expanses, called estuaries or friths. Others before their... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 624 pages
...majestic Amazons with the tide of the Atlantic is of the most tremendous description. (See Mascaret.) Many of the largest rivers mingle with the sea by...through which a river runs ; but it also frequently * The trianular space formed by a river pouring itself into the sea by various mouths, is railed a... | |
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