. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE EIO PAEANA BASIN. 207 inner slope lias even a northerly dip, and in this direction flow several of the large rivers in S. Paulo, such as the Tieté and the Mogy Guassu. But their course is everywhere intercepted by the heights of the central watershed and deflected south and south-west to the Parana. In the volume of its waters the Rio de la Plata hydrographie system belongs far more to Brazil than to the republics of Argentina and Paraguay. Although Fig. 87.—Paeaisagua Bay. Scale 1 : 230, ^j^ <8^'\£^.r.;--''"'"''' '"'''&
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE EIO PAEANA BASIN. 207 inner slope lias even a northerly dip, and in this direction flow several of the large rivers in S. Paulo, such as the Tieté and the Mogy Guassu. But their course is everywhere intercepted by the heights of the central watershed and deflected south and south-west to the Parana. In the volume of its waters the Rio de la Plata hydrographie system belongs far more to Brazil than to the republics of Argentina and Paraguay. Although Fig. 87.—Paeaisagua Bay. Scale 1 : 230, ^j^ <8^'\£^.r.;--''"'"''' '"'''"—di£-. West oF Greenwich Oto 16 leet. Depths. 16 to 32 Feet. 32 Feet und upwards. 6 Miles. it is not disposed in the direction of the main fluvial axis, the Brazilian Parana receives the most numerous and the most copious affluents from the watershed near the Atlantic, and has a much longer course than the Paraguay branch. In this respect the Parana occupies a position in the Plate system analogous to that of the Missouri in the Mississippi basin. Of the numerous headwaters of the Parana the most important are the Corumba, the San Marcos or the Paranahyba, but it would he difficult to say which of these has the best claim to be regarded as the main branch. The Parana-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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