The Longest Rivers Of The World
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This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
The Longest Rivers Of The World
Rivers. | Locality. | Rise. | Discharge. | Miles |
Missouri... | N. America....... | Rocky Mountains............. | Gulf of Mexico..... | 4 194 |
Mississippi......... . | N. America....... | Lake Itaska................... | Gulf of Mexico..... | 2, 616 |
Amazon............. | Brazil........ | Andes....................... | Atlantic Ocean..... | 3, 944 |
Hoang-Ho.......... | China.......... | Koulkoun Mountains...........___ | Yellow Sea....... | 3,000 |
Obi............... | Australasia....... | Australian Alps............... | Encounter Bay..... | 8,000 |
Nile............... | Siberia......... | Altaian Mountains............. | Arctic Ocean...... | 2,800 |
Nile....... | Egypt, Nubia. | Blue Nile, Abyssinia........... | Mediterranean.... | 2,750 |
Yang-tse-Kia......... | China.......... | Thibet....................... | China Sea........ | 2,500 |
Lena............... | Siberia......... | Heights of Irkutsk............. | Arctic Ocean...... | 2,500 |
Niger.............. | Soudan......... | Base of Mt. Loma............. | Gulf of Guinea.... | 2,300 |
St. Lawrence........ | Canada.......... | River St. Louis................ | G'f St. Lawrence | 1,960 |
Volga.............. | Russia.......... | Lake in Volhonsky............. | Caspian Sea...... | 1,900 |
Mavkiang... | Siam........... | Thibet....................... | Chinese Gulf...... | 1,700 |
Indus............... | Hindostan....... | Little Thibet.................. | Arabian Sea...... | 1,700 |
Danube............. | Germany........ | Black Forest................... | Black Sea....... | 1,630 |
Mackenzie.......... | N. America...... | River Athabasca................ | Arctic Ocean.....___ | 2,500 |
Brahmapootra....... | Thibet.......... | Himalaya..................... | Bay of Bengal..... | 1,500 |
Columbia... | N. America...... | Rocky Mountains.............. | Paciric Ocean..... | 1,090 |
Colorado............ | N. America...... | San Iaba..................... | Gulf of Califor.... | 1,000 |
Susquehanna......... | N. America..... | Lake Otsego.................. | Chesapeake Bay. | 400 |
James.............. | N. America..... | Allegheny Mountains........... | Chesapeake Bay. | 500 |
Potomac............ | N. America...... | Gr. Black Bone Mount'n. | Chesapeake Bay. | 400 |
Hudson............ | N. America...... | Adirondacks, Mt. Marcy | Bay of N. Y....... | 325 |
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