 | 1833 - 438 Seiten
...along their banks. You can readily find Lake Superior on your map. This lake, as you probably know, is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is 400 miles in length, and 100 at its greatest breadth. Its shores are rocky and A LAKE. uneven, and... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1861 - 364 Seiten
...the truth. Even with regard to European lakes, the authorities in some cases differ. * Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It Is equal in extent to the whole of Ireland. c Several extensive lakes have been recently discovered in... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1862 - 432 Seiten
...the truth. Even with regard to European lakes, the authorities in some cases differ. * Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is equal in extent to the whole of Ireland. ° Several extensive lakes have been recently discovered in... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1874 - 502 Seiten
...the truth. Even with regard to European lakes, the authorities in some cases differ. h Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is equal in extent to the whole of Ireland. c Several extensive lakes have been recently discovered in... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1879 - 174 Seiten
...centre of the continent and runs into Lake Superior. This lake is as long as England (420 miles), and is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is very deep, with low sandy shores on the south, and high rocky cliffs on the north. The river, called... | |
 | W G. Baker - 1884 - 270 Seiten
...centre of the continent and flows into Lake Superior. This lake is as long as England (420 miles), and is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is very deep, with low sandy shores on the south, and high rocky cliffs on the north. 9. The river, called... | |
 | Alvah Littlefield Sawyer - 1911 - 670 Seiten
...olden Lake Superior was discovered by the French explorer Brulc in 1629r and is appropriately named. It is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is 350 miles long, 160 miles wide and has an area of 31,800 square miles — exceeding the combined size... | |
 | Helena Crumett Lee ("Mrs. J. C. Lee.") - 1913 - 268 Seiten
...which -is not steep. With the exception of our own Great Lakes and Victoria Nyanza in Africa, Baikal is the largest body of fresh water in the world. It is as long as England, and in some places the water is over a mile deep. Lake Baikal is a part of the... | |
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In most cases, the estimated areas of these lakes are to be considered as mere approximations to the truth. Even with regard to European lakes, the authorities in some cases differ. * Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. 