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The water moves slower and slower. Why is the river swift in some places, and in others slow? At length it flows through an almost level country. It is here widest and deepest. Its course is more winding. THE WATER MOVES SLOWER AND SLOWER WHY IS THE RIVER SWIFT IN SOME PLACES AND IN OTHERS SLOW AT LENGTH IT FLOWS THROUGH AN ALMOST LEVEL COUNTRY HERE IT IS WIDEST AND DEEPEST ITS COURSE IS MORE WINDING
 streams on both sides. When it rains, or the snow melts, some of the water goes down on one side, some on the other. And that is why the hills which divide or part the waters of streams are called a _water-parting_ or _water-shed_. Let us now go further down the stream. Here we see it rushing rapidly down a steep slope. Its waters foam and dash between the great rocks that lie in the stream. Such places in the river are called _rapids_. Can you tell why they are so called? [Illustration: "SUCH PLACES ARE CALLED RAPIDS."] The stream flows on. It has now reached a high ledge of rock. Over this it leaps, making a great foam and noise. When the water of a river falls over high rocks, it is called a waterfall or _cataract_. You may have seen the Falls of Niagara, the greatest waterfall in the world. [Illustration: "YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE FALLS OF NIAGARA."] The course of our river is now through a lower country. The valley in which it flows spreads out, and the stream grows wider and wider.  IT SO THAT PART OF THE RAIN FLOWS DOWN THE ONE SIDE AND PART OF IT FLOWS DOWN THE OTHER SIDE NOW HILLS LIKE THE ROOF OF A HOUSE SEND OFF STREAMS ON BOTH SIDES WHEN IT RAINS OR THE SNOW MELTS SOME OF THE WATER GOES DOWN ON ONE SIDE SOME ON THE OTHER AND THAT IS WHY THE HILLS WHICH DIVIDE OR PART THE WATERS OF STREAMS ARE CALLED A WATER PARTING OR WATER SHED LET US NOW GO FURTHER DOWN THE STREAM HERE WE SEE IT RUSHING RAPIDLY DOWN A STEEP SLOPE ITS WATERS FOAM AND DASH BETWEEN THE GREAT ROCKS THAT LIE IN THE STREAM SUCH PLACES IN THE RIVER ARE CALLED RAPIDS CAN YOU TELL WHY THEY ARE SO CALLED THE STREAM FLOWS ON IT HAS NOW REACHED A HIGH LEDGE OF ROCK OVER THIS IT LEAPS MAKING A GREAT FOAM AND NOISE WHEN THE WATER OF A RIVER FALLS OVER HIGH ROCKS IT IS CALLED A WATERFALL OR CATARACT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE FALLS OF NIAGARA THE GREATEST WATERFALL IN THE WORLD THE COURSE OF OUR RIVER IS NOW THROUGH A LOWER COUNTRY THE VALLEY IN WHICH IT FLOWS SPREADS OUT AND THE STREAM GROWS WIDER AND WIDER
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