Rivers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology
- ISBN-10
- 1330212819
- ISBN-13
- 9781330212813
- Series
- Rivers of North America
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 393
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-26
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Israel Cook Russell
Description
Excerpt from Rivers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology Every person is familiar with the beating of the rain upon the surface of the land, and the gathering of the waters that falls into rills, rivulets, and brooks which frequently unite to form larger rivers. Everyone is aware, also, that streams are turbid after heavy rains. But, although these facts have been known to us from childhood, yet comparatively few people have thought out the chain of events of which they form a part, or recognised the results toward which they lead. Standing by the side of a river, we see its waters flowing continually in one direction and in many instances bearing along a load of sediment. We know that the mud which discolours the waters was derived from the lands bordering the stream and is journeying to the sea. So far as we can ordinarily discern, there is no compensation for this removal. Evidently, if the process goes on without being counteracted by other agencies, all of the material forming land areas will in time be removed, and the hills and even the grandest mountains will be degraded to the level of the sea. We know of no reason why this process of soil removal may not have been in operation since rain first fell on land, or why it may not continue so long as continents and islands exist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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