| 单词 | alluvial plain |
| 例句 | But the tempered kind that lives in every creaky porch on this sacred alluvial plain. Blue Levee: Mississippi Comfort Food 2010-04-28T22:24:00Z An alluvial fan spreads out into a broad alluvial plain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Bangladesh has far and away the highest population density of any sizable nation — around 3,000 people per square mile pack the alluvial plain that spans most of the country. How Bangladeshis are coping with half a million new Rohingya refugees 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z More than a billion people live in the alluvial plains of the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers who would be drastically affected if the glaciers were to disappear altogether. IPCC Finally Acknowledges Its “Himalayan Blunder” 2014-04-04T14:32:50Z It is not just Jews who have left the Delta, a fertile alluvial plain in Mississippi and adjacent parts of Arkansas and Louisiana. The Mississippi Delta: Scratching a living 2013-06-06T15:01:30Z Abu Dhabi is working on two such water-storage systems, he said — one in sand dunes, and the other in a type of alluvial plain. Green Column: Safe Storage of Water? Go Underground 2013-05-01T11:34:10Z The valley about Herat includes a flat alluvial plain which might, for some miles on any side except the north, be speedily reduced to an impassable swamp by means of flood-water from the surrounding canals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Perhaps it is the nature of that alluvial plain that accounts also for so plentiful a harvest of mosquitoes. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z They mark the termination in this direction of the vast alluvial plains of the Tigris and Euphrates, and are the first step to the uplifted Iranian plateau. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z A level road along the same prosperous alluvial plain leads to Kashava, a village of 100 houses embosomed in fruit trees and surrounded by tobacco and cotton. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The topography and the soil of these flats are such as to encourage agriculture, and the river flats or alluvial plains are among the choicest farming lands. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The mountains project into the sea, forming peninsulas, and sometimes reappearing in rows or groups of islands; they descend abruptly to the coast or are separated from it by small alluvial plains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z It lies immediately south of the lower Himalayan slopes, but itself forms a portion of the great alluvial plain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It forms part of the great alluvial plain of the Ganges, which divides it into two unequal portions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z For a country resting upon an oft-flooded alluvial plain, there are no killing fields, only rivers and streams that sucked countless bodies out into the Bay of Bengal. At Last, Bangladesh Charges Its First Suspect in 1971 Genocide 2011-10-04T03:05:50Z Valley trains have all the characteristics of alluvial plains built by rapid waters carrying heavy loads of detritus. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Strabo supplies further interesting information as to the work of rivers in making their alluvial plains and in pushing their deltas seaward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The alluvial plain of Babylonia was the gift of the two great rivers. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z It passes first over a fertile alluvial plain, formed, in remote ages, by the Rhone and Durance when they overflowed their banks, as the Oby and Tobol do now. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The whole district consists of an alluvial plain formed by the deposits of the two great rivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The delta and alluvial plain of the Mississippi Lyell found to consist of sediment covering an area of thirty thousand square miles, several hundred feet deep. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z It is a major issue for Christchurch because the city is built on an alluvial plain, and this type of ground will amplify any shaking during a tremor. NZ earthquake mapped from space 2011-03-07T14:51:07Z Through an error, in many recent maps and Assyriological publications Eridu is described as located in the alluvial plain, between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z A bare alluvial plain, skirting the base of the Kóomi range, led to a few acacia trees of larger growth than had heretofore been seen. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Below the city, on the left bank, one of these terraces projects into the alluvial plain of the Meuse. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z On the coast we find either low, flat, alluvial plains, or an undulating country broadening to the north. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The view of the Lake and intervening forest, as seen from Davenport and Spadina, before the cultivation of the alluvial plain below, was always fine. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The eastern portion of the district is the ordinary alluvial plain of the Gangetic delta; the western part consists of undulating beds of laterite resting on a rock basis, and covered with small scrub jungle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Low-lying Bangladesh sits atop an alluvial plain and some of the most common killing zones in 1971 were by water-pumping stations and rivers, where bodies were literally flushed away into the sea. Bangladesh: Bringing a Forgotten Genocide to Justice 2010-08-03T05:20:00Z In the alluvial plain into which the Schutter flows the the loess is two hundred feet thick. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Cairo is situated at the head of the Delta of the Nile, where the river emerges from among the hills and makes its course through the alluvial plain formed by the annual deposits of silt. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The Brahmaputra valley is an alluvial plain, about 450 m. in length, with an average breadth of 50 m., lying almost east and west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" These latter divide the fertile alluvial plains of the north from the mountains of the centre and south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The southern area of Mesopotamia, below Bagdad, where the Tigris and Euphrates come within 35 miles of one another, is a flat alluvial plain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Many of them are also peculiar as being erected chiefly in brickwork; the great alluvial plain of Lombardy being deficient in building-stone. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Strabo described the city as standing on a raised site; hence it is apparent that both the river and the alluvial plain have been raised to a considerable extent during the last two thousand years. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Bornu is for the most part an alluvial plain, the country sloping gradually to Lake Chad, which formerly spread over a much larger area than it now occupies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The republic has a width of about 745 m. at this point, three-fourths of which is a comparatively level alluvial plain, and the remainder an arid plateau broken by mountain ranges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Babylonia, and the rest of the alluvial plain, is the 'gift' of the rivers which rise in flood each year when the snow melts on the Armenian mountains. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It has an area of 27,028 sq. m., composed in great part of low, alluvial plains, densely wooded, but slightly cultivated and unsuited for north European labour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" River inundations recur in most climates at very irregular intervals, and expend their fury on those rich alluvial plains where herds of herbivorous quadrupeds congregate together. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The elevation of the city is only 69 ft. above sea level, and it stands near the western margin of a highly fertile alluvial plain devoted to the production of sugar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The delta and alluvial plain of the Mississippi have an area of more than 12,000 square miles, and must have an average depth of about 800 feet. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The surface of the Delta is a wide alluvial plain sloping gently towards the sea, and having an altitude of 29 ft. above it at its southern extremity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Gujarat, except on its northern parts, consists of rich, highly cultivated alluvial plains, watered by the Tapti and Nerbudda, but not much subject to inundation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" When we read of the drying up and desertion of the channels of rivers, the accounts most frequently refer to their deflection into some other part of the same alluvial plain, perhaps several miles distant. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The Pearl river has an additional course of 80 m. to the sea, the first part of which lies through a rich alluvial plain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The previous considerations of the rate of accumulation of silt on the low lands prepares us to inquire whether there is any waste at all along the alluvial plains. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Here the surrounding country, a flat alluvial plain, was richly cultivated. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Presidency possesses two great classes of forests—those of the hills and those of the alluvial plains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Hence, while the river is continually bearing down matter in the alluvial plain, and undermining the cliffs on each side of every valley, the height of the intervening rising grounds may remain stationary. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This peninsula was formerly an island, but has been attached to the mainland by the growth of the alluvial plain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" It was in the warm alluvial plain adjoining this village, the very swamp into which the Britons retreated before Cæsar, that the first asparagus was cultivated in England. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew The modern Western American is rapidly learning a modified wisdom of the ancient irrigators of Egypt, and already knows how to drain the irrigated acres and leech these old alluvial plains. Trail Tales Looking in another direction, the view extends over the rich alluvial plain which surrounds Newcastle, thickly studded with houses and colliery townships. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' They consist of cavities from 10 to 30 yards in width, and 20 feet or more in depth, and are very conspicuous, interrupting the level surface of a flat alluvial plain. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology By some authorities it is held that the parent stock of the Chinese came from the north-west, beyond the alluvial plain; others hold that it was indigenous in eastern China. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" It is certain that the dwellers in that vast alluvial plain were compelled by the very nature of the soil to use clay for many purposes to which no other civilization has put it. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The neighbourhood of the sea, at heights of from thirty to three hundred feet, and the alluvial plains are their favourite positions. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era At Pylæ they reached the cultivated territory of Babylonia, and the alluvial plains commenced. Ancient States and Empires It appears that in the time of the Romans there was an alluvial plain of great fertility, where the Ems entered the sea 330 by three arms. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology It was an alluvial plain, sloping toward the sea, and inundated by the overflow of the two great rivers which ran through it. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs They were not, of course, to be found in her alluvial plains, but metals are easy of transport, especially to a country whose commerce has the command of navigable highways. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The southern boundary must coincide nearly with the north edge of the alluvial plains of Sylhet, for there is no evidence of its intrusion into the plains. A Study of Recent Earthquakes Its great alluvial plain traversed by large rivers drawing an unfailing supply of water from the Himalayan snows affords an ideal field for the labours of the canal engineer. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The alluvial plain of the Mississippi begins to be of great width below Cape Girardeau, 50 miles above the junction of the Ohio. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology In the alluvial plain no stone was procurable; clay, on the other hand, was everywhere. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs In some places the hills rise sheer from this, in others they are separated from the alluvial plains by belts of country known as the Tarai and Bhabar. Birds of the Indian Hills The father of Jefferson Davis was one of those who tried their luck in the alluvial plains of the lower Mississippi. Union and Democracy Nature was strong and stern; she spread before them no such rich alluvial plains as tempted cultivation in the valleys of the Nile and the Euphrates. Impressions of South Africa By a slight ascent westward of the alluvial plain we reach Kilmartin, a village with a large modern church. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Passing through a remarkably rich country, famous for its ivory and coffee productions, they descended from the Mountains of the Moon to an alluvial plain, where Rumanika keeps thousands of cows. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The American coast of the Pacific is, in fact, bordered with an alluvial plain, varying in breadth, which tends still more to lessen the breadth of the high lands in every quarter. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World Ravenna stands in a great alluvial plain between the Apennines, the Adriatic, and the Po. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The northern part of this tract is barren hilly country, but in the west and south are rich alluvial plains containing some of the most fertile lands of the province. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Consisting chiefly of the alluvial plain at the mouth of the river Nerbudda, the land is rich and highly cultivated, and though it is without forests it is not wanting in trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The stones at Beled had been the first signs that we were off the alluvial plain. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad It grows alike on low alluvial plains and on granite hills, on the rich mould at the margin of canals, and on the sandy sea-beach. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 Rome was now like a great stone left in an alluvial plain showing where the river had once flowed, but the currents of commerce, of politics, of war, flowed now in other channels. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation It is built partly on the alluvial plain of the Nile valley and partly on the rocky slopes of the Mokattam hills, which rise 550 ft. above the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" This long delay in the journey of the detritus—a delay caused by its frequent rests in the alluvial plain—brings about important consequences which we will now consider. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography We soon traced our alluvial plains back to their upland origin, and then we were compelled to explain their migration. The Vitalized School These Asiatic rivers are tricky things: they run for hundreds of miles through alluvial plains which are as flat as your hand. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years It followed us out of gay little St. Raphael, lying in its alluvial plain of flowers, and on along the coast past which the ships of Augustus Cæsar used to sail. The Motor Maid And, indeed, the Lombard plain is but an insignificant mud flat compared with the vast alluvial plains of Asiatic and American rivers. Science in Arcady Since then alluvial plains have filled this estuary to even beyond the original mouth. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography It is impossible to say, with respect to any portion of the alluvial plain, that it may not at some former period have been the bed of one or the other river. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Beyond the river, in Louisiana, is an alluvial plain extending for fifty miles, through which meander many small streams, or bayous, as they are termed in the language of the country. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest These alluvial plains, watered by their twin rivers, were better formed than all other countries of the globe to render the first steps of man, an infant still, easy in the career of civilized life. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens It is the quantity of mud thus produced, and borne down by mountain torrents, that makes the alluvial plains collect so quickly at their base. Science in Arcady We may say, indeed, that, except in alluvial plains, where the soil grows by flood-made additions to its upper surface, no field tilled in grain can without exceeding care remain usable for a century. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Animals of these classes may occasionally have appeared in the alluvial plain, but they would only be rare visitants driven by hunger from their true habitat in the Libyan or the Arabian uplands. Ancient Egypt The town stands upon a narrow ridge of sandstone hills, about ten miles long, rising suddenly out of an alluvial plain and running north-east and south-west. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official It contains three chief ranges of mountains and large alluvial plains in the north, east, and south. Myths and Legends of China In the old Welsh tongue, Gwent means a champaign country, or level alluvial plain. Science in Arcady Showing the changes in the course of a river in its alluvial plain. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography There was little or no infanticide in Babylonia, but the death-rate in these steaming alluvial plains has always been very high. Outspoken Essays Hills attain the altitude of mountains, and the alluvial plains, so conspicuous about Canton, become contracted to narrow valleys. The Awakening of China As regards geological features, the great alluvial plains rest upon granite, new red sandstone, or limestone. Myths and Legends of China The great alluvial plain lies north of the river; the three streams whose silt contributes to form it flow into the main channel from Pistoja and Prato. Science in Arcady As an alluvial plain is constructed, we generally find at the base pebbly material which fell to the bottom in the current of the main stream as the shores grew outward. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography For though the wind had sweep enough here, the fine dust-sand of the alluvial plain could not be carried so densely into this rock-sea. A Man Four-Square On the western side of the island the rivers have formed broad alluvial plains, in which the Dutch attempted to grow sugar. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 Here, in an alluvial plain, where stone was not procurable, and where the cemeteries of the dead adjoined the houses of the living, brick was needful instead of stone, and sanitary considerations made cremation necessary. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations On the eve of battle a drenching thunderstorm seems to have swept across the alluvial plain transforming it into a morass and the sluggish Kishon into a rushing, unfordable river. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History Passing down the reaches of a great river as it approaches the sea, we find that the alluvial plains usually widen and become lower. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Agriculture may be said in N. China to be confined to the alluvial plains and the löss; as in S. China to the alluvial plains and the terraced hill-sides. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Shinar, the vast alluvial plain extending along the Tagus and Euphrates, forming the country of Chaldea and Babylonia. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The country itself was an alluvial plain, formed by the silt deposited each year by the Tigris and Euphrates. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Four hundred yards apart the two parties emerged from the sublime portal of the cañon and entered upon the little alluvial plain. Overland It is the custom of naturalists to divide the lower section of river deposits—that part of the accumulation which is near the sea—from the other alluvial plains, terming the lower portion the delta. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography E. of Taunton, on the edge of the alluvial plain, and perhaps owes its name to an inlet of the sea which once covered the latter. Somerset The ground is nearly flat in the sandy districts, and quite flat in the alluvial plains, where the brackish water stagnates in pools. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The alluvial plains on the side appeared fertile, and it is supposed that they are well adapted to the growth of corn. The Voyage of the Beagle North of the lake a high alluvial plain stretches to the southern slopes of the Ruwenzori mountains. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In a general way these sea-bottom soils resemble those formed in the alluvial plains. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography A good view of the low lying alluvial plain which stretches around the foot of Glastonbury Tor may be obtained by following for a short distance the road to Mudford. Somerset Above towered the city walls perched on their precipitous rock; below was the alluvial plain which the deluging rains of a Numidian winter had turned into a swamp of liquid mud. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate Before him stretched the marsh lands of the Flent valley, a broad alluvial plain brought down by the rivers Flent and Greet on their way to the estuary and the sea. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I On this course passed five small black alluvial plains, covered with grass, three of them having springs with water on the surface. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The greater part of these ancient alluvial plains has been removed through the ceaseless swinging of the stream to and fro in the valley which it has excavated. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography In the north of China are the broad alluvial plains, and in the north-eastern portion of the empire, an immense delta. Outline of Universal History Below the town to the east they ran parallel for three miles through an open alluvial plain before they reached Brenne. Caesar: a Sketch The track led us across a flat alluvial plain, still in the valley, which was well covered with a thick growth of acacias, and dry short grass, nipped short by cattle. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile They are situated in a very beautiful district, where many fine streams of water meander across alluvial plains and meadows. Canyons of the Colorado There is here an alluvial plain like a continuation of the lake, and the Aar runs through it, canalized and banked and straight, and at last the road also becomes straight. The Path to Rome Soon they begin to pass wooded knolls, islets of rock in the alluvial plain. Two Years Ago, Volume II. But the potentiality for production of that great alluvial plain is not diminished; the Turks could not dispose of that by massacre, as a means of weakening the strength of their subject peoples. Crescent and Iron Cross In many places we began to observe patches of triodia in the midst of the alluvial plains through which the river continued to run, and distant ranges were observed both to the north and south. Journals of Australian Explorations At daybreak I set out with four Arab matchlock-men, and taking a direction nearly due west, waded and walked over an alluvial plain flooded by every high tide. First Footsteps in East Africa As the Belgian lines are on a dead flat alluvial plain reclaimed from the sea, it had proved impossible to manage communication-trenches. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The fluvio-marine strata and overlying loam of Menchecourt recur on the opposite or left bank of the alluvial plain of the Somme, at a distance of 2 or 3 miles. The Antiquity of Man The alluvial plains bordering the river were covered with fine, though short, grass, amongst which were some beautiful flowers. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The unshaded land area covers nearly 200,000 square miles of alluvial plain. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan From its base extends a broad alluvial plain, rich beyond description, teeming with palms and plantains, and umbrageous trees. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Behind the outer ranges of the Himalaya Mountains lie several waste-filled valleys, the largest of which are Kashmir and Nepal, the former being an alluvial plain about as large as the state of Delaware. The Elements of Geology The table-land, d e, Figure 26, was, I believe, once a part of the original alluvial plain or delta of the great river before it was upraised. The Antiquity of Man Riding on without stopping, we passed through Yales, a small village of scattered huts, and reached a river flowing north through a fine alluvial plain almost uninhabited. The Naturalist in Nicaragua All the rivers, therefore, will proceed to fill up partially their ancient channels, and, during frequent inundations, will raise their alluvial plains by new deposits. The Student's Elements of Geology Often these capes are formed by the alluvial plains, through which we may be sure a river will be found flowing. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Their broad, sandy flats were overflowed by wandering streams, and when subsidence gained on deposition shallow lakes overspread the alluvial plains. The Elements of Geology Mr. Horner attributes this want of all indication of successive deposition to the extreme thinness of the film of matter which is thrown down annually on the great alluvial plain during the season of inundation. The Antiquity of Man I was informed that one small salina occurs in an alluvial plain within the valley of the Rio Negro, and therefore its origin must be subsequent to the excavation of that valley. Geological Observations on South America The peat, No. 1, has been formed in a low part of the modern alluvial plain, in parts of which gravel No. 2 of the recent period is seen. The Student's Elements of Geology These pretty alluvial plains, enfolded on the south, the west, and the north by a grand mountain arc, present most luxurious and enchanting scenery. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The country, as overlooked from our lofty deck, appeared a dead level of rice and scrubby jungle intermixed, a vast alluvial plain, from which the heavy, fever-breeding mists were rising in rosy folds. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither The banks of the Meuse at Maestricht, like those of the Rhine at Bonn and Cologne, are slightly elevated above the level of the alluvial plain. The Antiquity of Man We next descended from the Mountains of the Moon, and spanned a long alluvial plain to the settlement of the so-long-heard-of Kitangule, where Rumanika keeps his thousands and thousands of cows. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile Over this gravel the loam or fine sediment 2' has in many places been deposited by the river during floods which covered nearly the whole alluvial plain. The Student's Elements of Geology The solubility of the limestone by rain-water is well seen in the little blocks and peaks which rise thickly through the soil of the alluvial plains as you approach the mountains. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 North-west of the town, at the distance of about a mile, was the small island of Lad�, now a mere hillock on the flat alluvial plain. History of Phoenicia These individuals have been washed away from the alluvial plains of the great river and its tributaries, some from mountainous regions, others from the low country. The Student's Elements of Geology The country for many miles behind Sourabaya is perfectly flat and everywhere cultivated; being a delta or alluvial plain, watered by many branching streams. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 The tribe of land quadrupeds most abundant in this formation is such as now inhabits alluvial plains and marshes, and the banks of rivers and lakes, a class most exposed to suffer by river inundations. The Student's Elements of Geology Sumatra has also been evidently much increased in size by the formation of alluvial plains along its northeastern coasts. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Lofty mountain, steep wooded hill, chalky slope, rich alluvial plain, and sandy shore succeeded each other, each having its own charm, which was enhanced by contrast. History of Phoenicia |
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