 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 oldal
...in its way, the course of a river points out generally the direction in which the land declines, and the degree of the declination determines in part the...volume of water and the declivity of its channel. Hence one river often pours its tide into another without causing any perceptible enlargement of its... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 696 oldal
...in its way, the course of a river points out generally the direction in which the land declines, and the degree of the declination determines in part the velocity of its current, for the rapidity of the stream is influenced both by its volume of water and the declivity of its channel. Hence one river... | |
 | 1852 - 702 oldal
...course of a river points out generally the direction in which the laud declines, and the degree of llie declination determines in part the velocity of its current, for the rapidity of the stream is influenced both by its volume of water and the declivity of its channel. Hence one river... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 oldal
...in its way, the course of a river points out generally the direction in which the land declines, and the degree of the declination determines in part the...volume of water and the declivity of its channel. Hence one river often pours its tide into another without causing any perceptible enlargement of its... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 oldal
...in its way, the course of a river points out generally the direction in which the land declines, and the degree of the declination determines in part the...volume of water and the declivity of its channel. Hence one river often pours its tide into another without causing any perceptible enlargement of its... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - 1861 - 414 oldal
...lowest possible level; hence the course of a river points out generally the direction in which tho land declines. The degree of the declination determines...than that of those which have a straight channel. When the fall of a river is sudden, and its velocity extremely great, it forms what is called a rapid;... | |
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... peculiar character is obviously dependent upon that of the country in which they are situated. As it is the property of water to follow a descent, and the greatest descent that occurs in its way, the course of a river points out generally the direction... 