...FES, the Parana, in the month of December, 1870, then in its lowest state — a continuous draught of six or seven months having diminished the ordinary sources of supply, and the periodical rise from the Andes not having commenced — delivered, according to most careful measurement, 520,000 cubic...

...rise in Brazil, within the tropics, and is swollen by the tropical rains of that region. At about M7° S. latitude it is joined by its most important tributary,...it is said to attain its greatest height in March, and to continue at nearly its maximum level, with little variation, for several months. At Las Hermanas,...

...Mississippi. The observations of Mr. Bateman were taken in the month of December, 1870, when the river was at its lowest state. " A continuous drought of six or...ordinary sources of supply and the periodical rise from the Andes not having commenced." It is difficult, nay, impossible, to predict the mean delivery...

...Mississippi. The observations of Mr. Bateman were taken in the month of December, 1810, when the river was at its lowest state. "A continuous drought of six or...ordinary sources of supply, and the periodical rise from the Andes not having commenced." It is difficult — nay impossible — to predict the mean delivery...

...miles wide ; and just below the junction of the various mouths of the Parana with the Uruguay, 1 20 miles from the sea, it is 26 miles wide. The volume...which time it begins to rise : it is said to attain ite greatest height in March, at to continue at nearly its maximum level, with little variation, for...