Advanced Geography . own as the mouth of the river. See picture on p. 11. Many of the largest cities in the world are built near the mouths of rivers. These cities carry on trade with one another, and collect and distribute merchandise for the inland people. A river and all its branches form a river the land which sheds water into a single riversystem forms a river basin. The basin generally takesthe same name as the main river in the system. Find the line which bounds the basin of the river marked C inthe picture at the bottom of this page. The line runs along the top,or crest, of
Advanced Geography . own as the mouth of the river. See picture on p. 11. Many of the largest cities in the world are built near the mouths of rivers. These cities carry on trade with one another, and collect and distribute merchandise for the inland people. A river and all its branches form a river the land which sheds water into a single riversystem forms a river basin. The basin generally takesthe same name as the main river in the system. Find the line which bounds the basin of the river marked C inthe picture at the bottom of this page. The line runs along the top,or crest, of the ridges, and separates the slopes in basin C from those in the other basins which adjoinit. Such a line is called a divide ora water parting. It divides the slopesof the basins. Some of the most importantdivides on the earth cross wideplains whose slopes are too gentlefor the eye to detect, but the wateris turned even on such slopes. Topics:—Head or source; uses ofrivers; mouth; river sjstem; riverbasin; A Stream in Rainy Weather. PLAINS. 11
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