New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . ms or rises is the source of thestream. It may bo a spring,or 0, pond, or a , or themeltmg snow and ice upon somemountain side. Point to thesource of the Mississippi; ofthe Arkansas ; of the the- land sloping towardany stream of the Mississippisystem is in the ^Mississippi val-ley or basin. A stream basinincludes all the land drained by°^*° the stream and by any of its branches. Point out the basin of the river inthe picture below. Draw your pencil aroundthe basin of the Mississippi River. (Map, p. 1^4.)In the
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . ms or rises is the source of thestream. It may bo a spring,or 0, pond, or a , or themeltmg snow and ice upon somemountain side. Point to thesource of the Mississippi; ofthe Arkansas ; of the the- land sloping towardany stream of the Mississippisystem is in the ^Mississippi val-ley or basin. A stream basinincludes all the land drained by°^*° the stream and by any of its branches. Point out the basin of the river inthe picture below. Draw your pencil aroundthe basin of the Mississippi River. (Map, p. 1^4.)In the lower part of the Mississippi Riverthe water is muddy. Where do you think thenuid comes from ? Where does the nmd inthe gutters come from, on a rainy day ? Swift streams wash away particles of theland through which they flow\ If the earthon a hillside is loosened in any way, the rainwater will wash much of it down to the lowerland. If this should go on long, what wouldhappen to the hillside ? Streams are alwayscarrj-ing loads of earth from the highlands, but.
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