Distribution of Rivers. 57 



Rivers of Europe flowing North and North-West. 



Petchora, rises in Ural Mountains, lat. 61° 30' N., flows into Arctic Ocean. 



Dvina, rises in lat. 59° N., flows into White Sea. 



Vistula, rises in lat. 49° N., flows into Gulf of Dantzic. 



Elbe, rises in the Riesengebirge, Bohemia, lat. 50° N., elevation 4500 feet, 



flows into German Ocean. 

 Rhine, rises in Rhinewald, lat. 46° 33' N., elevation 7650 feet, flows into North 



Sea. 

 Loire, rises in lat. 45° N., elevation 3940 feet, flows into Bay of Biscay. 

 Garonne, rises in Pyrenees, lat. 43° N., flows into Bay of Biscay. 



Rivers of Europe flowing South-East. 



Volga, rises in Tver, Russia, lat. 57° N., elevation 550 feet, flows into Caspian 



Sea. 

 Ural, rises in Ural Mountains, lat. 54° N., flows into Caspian Sea. 

 Don, rises in lat. 54° N., flows into Sea of Azov. 

 Dnieper, rises in lat. 54° N., flows into Black Sea. 



Dniester, rises in Carpathian Mountains, lat. 49° N., flows into Black Sea. 

 Danube, rises in Berge Mountains, lat. 47° N., elevation 2850 feet, flows into 



Black Sea. 

 Po, rises in North Italy, lat. 44° 38" N., flows into Adriatic. 

 Rhone, rises in Mount St Gothard, lat. 46° N., flows into Gulf of Lyons. 



Rivers of Africa. 



Nile, rises in Central Arica, from lat. 2° to 11° N., flows into Mediterranean. 



Senegal, rises ahout lat. 10° 30' N., flows into the Atlantic. 



Niger, rises about lat. 9° 25' N., elevation 1600 feet, flows into Gulf of 



Guinea. 

 Orange, rises in South-east Africa, lat. 26° S., flows into South Atlantic. 

 Zambeze, rises ahout lat. 17° S., flows into Indian Ocean. 



Rivers of America flowing North. 



Mackenzie, rises in lat. 48° to 62° N., flows into Arctic Sea. 



Churchill, rises ahout lat. 55° N., flows into Hudson Bay. 



Saskatchevan, ^ 



„ I rise in Rocky Mountains, lat. 48° to 53 , flow into Hud- 



. J son Bay. 



Albany, j 



St Lawrence, rises from several Lakes, lat. 42° to 48°, flows into Gulf of St 



Lawrence. 



Rivers of America flowing South and South-East. 



Columbia, or Oregon, rises in Rocky Mountains, lat. 54° N., flows into North 



Pacific. 

 ; Colorado, rises in lat. 40°, flows into Gulf of California. 

 Mississippi, rises in lat. 47° N. (Missouri in lat. 42° and 48° N.), elevation 1500 



feet, flows into Gulf of Mexico, lat. 29° N. 



