Great Rivers.
The Amazon is the greatest volume o water flowing through any country, but it is but 3,300 miles long. The Missisaipi, from Itadca to its junction with the Missouri, is 2,616 miles long ; from that point to th e Gulf is 1,216 miles, a total of 3,902 miles. The Missouri runs 2,00S miles to join the Mississipi, and, having had given to it the length to the sea, is 4,194 miles long. _ To the saccd river, the Wile, must be given the credit of running through the greatest stretch of country The "American Encyclopaedia " of 1575, from which the previously quoted figures arc taken, says :— " It is navagable as for as the district of Fazoglc, aboiu 1,500 miles from the Mediterranean. Its approximate length throughout all its windings from the limit <if steam navigation above Gondol'.ora is 3.0J0 Biiles. Tie additional length t> .Lake Albert N'yanZi can scarcely be less than 200 mile 3, nni), couuequenty the river Iraveraes.a distaur.o of about 4,700 iuilc3,or 50(5 more than the. Missouri and Lower Miasisßipi,"
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Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3807, 21 October 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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174Great Rivers. Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3807, 21 October 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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