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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. 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
 by the melting of snow. As it flows on, it is joined by many other little streams, until it grows to be much larger. There is a large word used for a stream that feeds another stream. Do you know what it is? The word, is _tributary_. Tributaries are often called _branches_. Before we leave this part of the river, I wish you to learn another hard word. You have seen the water run off the roof of a _shed_. The ridge; or highest part of the roof, divides the rain that falls on it, so that part of the rain flows down the one side, and part of it flows down the other side. [Illustration: "HILLS SEND OFF STREAMS ON BOTH SIDES."] 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. EGIN OUR JOURNEY AT ITS SOURCE THERE IS A LITTLE RILL FORMED BY WATER THAT TRICKLES FROM A SPRING OR BY THE MELTING OF SNOW AS IT FLOWS ON IT IS JOINED BY MANY OTHER LITTLE STREAMS UNTIL IT GROWS MUCH LARGER THERE IS A LARGE WORD USED FOR A STREAM THAT FEEDS ANOTHER STREAM DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THE WORD IS TRIBUTARY TRIBUTARIES ARE OFTEN CALLED BRANCHES BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS PART OF THE RIVER I WISH YOU TO LEARN ANOTHER HARD WORD YOU HAVE SEEN THE WATER RUN OFF THE ROOF OF A SHED THE RIDGE OR HIGHEST PART OF THE ROOF DIVIDES THE RAIN THAT FALLS ON 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
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