The next morning I reached the debouchure of the Jordan, where I had hoped to find a bar of sand that might render its passage possible. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
I now struck off towards the debouchure of the river; but I found that the country, though seemingly quite flat, was intersected by deep ravines, which did not show themselves until nearly approached. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
Thence we ascended a little to descend again, we continued over a ravine at nearly the same level, for some time proceeding over undulated ground: on reaching the debouchure of the ravine into a larger one running north and south, we commenced to descend rapidly until we came to an elevation situated above Tongsa, to this place the descent was excessively steep. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Ingenium contended that the Congo or Zaire was the Nigerian debouchure. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
Three or four rocky buttes were in our way, near the debouchure of the pass. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
Upon reaching its debouchure on the Gulf coast, the termini of the two voyages would be united. From Wordnik.com. [Four Months in a Sneak-Box] Reference
It was near evening of the next day when we arrived at the foot of the sierra, at the debouchure of the canon. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
Below, at no great distance, was the debouchure of the creek along which he had travelled for the last three days. From Wordnik.com. [Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley] Reference
Four miles from Jug Island the wide debouchure of Blue Creek came into view, with an unoccupied fishing - shanty on each side of its mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Four Months in a Sneak-Box] Reference
We presently passed on the right bank the debouchure of the Wady Ruways, and left there a guard to direct the caravan, in case it should disobey orders, and march up to Umm Ámil. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
On that portion of the Kayan called Brem-Brem the river presents a formidable array of kihams which defeated the government's attempt to establish communication between Apo Kayan and the debouchure of the river. From Wordnik.com. [Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917] Reference
The withered little old woman and the rosy-cheeked girl who were rowing, bent to their oars and pulled with all their might; but, having crossed the debouchure of the river, declared themselves unable to pull us round the headland. From Wordnik.com. [Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys] Reference
Oscar Rock, its western (down stream) neighbour, had shared the fate of "Soonga lem Paccula," (Zunga chya Makula?) a stone placed in the map north-east of the Makula or Annan debouchure; both were invisible, denoted only by swirls in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
Should the northern branch which was seen to join amongst the ana-branches near its debouchure prove to be the larger stream, that followed by the party might still retain the name of "the Ferguson," given to it by the Brothers, in honor of the governor of Queensland. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland] Reference
Paccula,” (Zunga chya Makula?) a stone placed in the map north-east of the Makula or Annan debouchure; both were invisible, denoted only by swirls in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
In consequence of the northern islands of the Bengal Archipelago before mentioned obstructing the view, the western shore of the lake could not be defined: a series of low hill-tops extended in this direction as far as the eye could reach; while below me, at no great distance, was the debouchure of the creek, which enters the lake from the south, and along the banks of which my last three days 'journey had led me. From Wordnik.com. [What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile] Reference
I rowed gayly on, pleased with the auspicious beginning of the voyage, hoping at the close of the month to be at the mouth of the river, and far enough south to escape any inconvenience from a sudden freezing of its surface, for along its course between its source at Pittsburgh and its debouchure at Cairo the Ohio makes only two hundred and twelve miles of southing, -- a difference of about two and a half degrees of latitude. From Wordnik.com. [Four Months in a Sneak-Box] Reference
10,000 feet, to their debouchure in the Great Rungeet at 2000, had a bluff, cliffy, northern flank, and a sloping southern one. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
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