New geographies . Fig. 36. — Icicles formed in winter where water from un-derground slowly oozes out from cracks in the rock. slowly through the soil, and throughcrevices in the rocks (Fig- 36), oftenbubbling forth as a spring, weeks afterit has fallen as rain somewhere rivers have their sources in suchsprings, and most large rivers receivewater along their courses from hun-dreds and even thousands of them. Let us take a journey from the sourceof a river to its lower end, or mouth,and see how it river has its source iaa small spring in the moun-tains, where the clear, col
New geographies . Fig. 36. — Icicles formed in winter where water from un-derground slowly oozes out from cracks in the rock. slowly through the soil, and throughcrevices in the rocks (Fig- 36), oftenbubbling forth as a spring, weeks afterit has fallen as rain somewhere rivers have their sources in suchsprings, and most large rivers receivewater along their courses from hun-dreds and even thousands of them. Let us take a journey from the sourceof a river to its lower end, or mouth,and see how it river has its source iaa small spring in the moun-tains, where the clear, coldwater bubbles out of the P^rtground at the base of a rock cliff. How a riverchanges andgrows as itadvances1. Its upper 32 HOME GEOGRAPHY For a short distanceit flows through agrassy meadow (), and is so narrowthat you can easilystep across it. Thewater is so clear thatyou can see the spec-kled trout swimmingabout in a deep holenear one side, or smaller branch, or.
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