...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...is thrown down and arrested on its way to the sea. In striking a general average we have to remember that there are large deserts in which there is scarcely...

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...tributaries descend from mountains of great height. The sippi is also more likely to afford us a fair test of ordinary denudation, because, unlike the St....

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...the fluviatile sediment is thrown down and arrested in its way to the sea. In striking a general average we have to remember that there * Tylor, Phil....

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...great variety of climate, and some of its tributaries de* Tylor, Phil. Mag., 4th series, p. 268. 1850. scend from mountains of great height. The Mississippi...

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...afford us a fair test of ordinary denudation, because, nnlike the St. Lawrence and its tributaries, there are no great lakes in which the fluviatile sediment...

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...thrown down and arrested on its way to the sea."* The rate of denudation of the area drained by the river Ganges is much greater than that of the Mississippi....

...a fair average of the rate of sub-aerial denudation than the Mississippi. In reference to the above I may here quote the words of Sir Charles Lyell :...tributaries descend from mountains of great height. The • Phil. Mag., May, 1868; Feb., 1867. Climate and Time, chap. 20. See also Trans. Geol. Soc. of Glasgow,...

...a fair average of the rate of sub-aerial denudation than the Mississippi. In reference to the above I may here quote the words of Sir Charles Lyell :...tributaries descend from mountains of great height. The • Phil. Mag., May, 1868 ; Feb., 1867. Climate and Time, chap. 20. See also Trans. Geol. Soc. of Glasgow,...

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...is thrown down and arrested on its way to the sea. In striking a general average we have to remember that there are large deserts in which there is scarcely...

...that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions...tributaries, there are no great lakes in which the fluviatfle sediment is thrown down and arrested on its way to the sea. In striking a general average...