Sentence examples for rivers rise from inspiring English sources
Most rivers rise in mountains to the west, where usually there are extensive snows.
The headwaters of the Nerang, Coomera, Albert, and Logan rivers rise there.
Still, people said they were awed by the strength and rapidity of the rivers' rise.
As this falls on generally less permeable and steeper slopes, rivers rise and flow faster downstream.
Further south is Upper Mesopotamia, where the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers rise.
Its rivers rise in the Himalayas and it has millions of people living in coastal cities.
River Slaney, river, rising on Lugnaquillia Mountain (3,038 feet [926 m]), County Wicklow, Ireland.
River Aire, river rising at Malham Tarn (lake), in North Yorkshire administrative county, historic county of Yorkshire, England.
River Lea, river rising north of Luton in the county of Bedfordshire, England.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency as rivers rose toward flood stage.
Large areas of the state became inundated, and rivers rose to or exceeded flood level.
