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Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers
Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers
The deep blue sea
The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth’s wide regions round. From Barry Cornwall Sailors talk about “the seven…
Where did the ocean come from?
Scientists tell us that billions of years ago the earth was a ball of bare, sizzling-hot rock, with no air or water on it. The outside of the earth slowly cooled, but the inside stayed fiercely hot….
The bounding waves
> Stand at the seashore, or a lakeside, on a windy day. Watch the waves > as they rush in toward you. They seem to come rolling at you as if > pushed by a giant hand. With a great hiss and a swirl of…
High tide, low tide
It is early in the misty morning. You are standing on a cliff that overlooks the sea. Gulls soar overhead, calling to one another with shrill cries. Below you, the gray sea crashes against the shore….
