. The earth and its inhabitants ... normal rise beginning on April 15th, and continuing till August. In Novemberthere is a second rise, which, however, is of short duration, and throughout thedry season the river falls continuously, exposing vast tracts along its banks andislands. On the other hand, during the floods it inundates the riverine plains togreat distances. At the confluences, where several streams converge above nar-row channels, the waters expand to inland seas, flooding woodlands and savannasat times for a space of 120 miles. One of the sixteenth-centur}^ Conquistadores,having he
. The earth and its inhabitants ... normal rise beginning on April 15th, and continuing till August. In Novemberthere is a second rise, which, however, is of short duration, and throughout thedry season the river falls continuously, exposing vast tracts along its banks andislands. On the other hand, during the floods it inundates the riverine plains togreat distances. At the confluences, where several streams converge above nar-row channels, the waters expand to inland seas, flooding woodlands and savannasat times for a space of 120 miles. One of the sixteenth-centur}^ Conquistadores,having heard of a sea away to the south of the Barquisimeto mountains beyondthe llanos, pushed on to the margin of the inundated region, probably about thelower Apure, and returned in the belief that he had reached the shores of the ocean. 96 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. Orinoco Delta and Neighbouring Coast Orinoco delta is not disposed in a line with the axis of the fluvial chief branch, terminating in the broa
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