On, on, on he journeyed a very long way, until at last he came to a large river, and on the river-bank sat a traveler eating his dinner.
Round this palace runs a large river, and round the river is a garden of flowers.
This was where they obtained the information about a large river, and that several days down the river there were some people with very large bodies.
On May 15, tired and discouraged, the Spaniards reached a large river with a strong current flowing toward the south.
Alarcon found that he was at the mouth of a large river, with so swift and strong a current that it was impossible for the large vessels to make any headway against it.
We had here to pass a bridge over a large river, before reaching the plain in which the huts of Plangion, king of Georgia, are situated.
Next morning we sailed into this gulf, and found that it was the mouth of a large river, not a great deal less in my opinion than the Gambia, and both its banks were full of very beautiful tall trees.
This city is built on a plain, watered by a large river, and is defended by a citadel which is built upon a rock.
Nicuesa, after aiding Ojeda at Cartagena, had sailed for Castilla del Oro; but while coasting its shores had become separated from the rest of his fleet, and had been wrecked off the mouth of a large river.
In the mean time Coronado, after marching in a northerly direction over the plains for thirty days, came to a large river, which was named for Saints Peter and Paul.
A few days afterwards, we entered upon the mountains where the Cara-Catayans used to dwell, where we found a large river which we had to pass in boats.
This town stands on a large river, and is a kind of port, exercising great trade.
In this land he found a large river, at the mouth of which he lay to, as he could not proceed much farther, on account of the inhabitants being hostile.
I am inclined to think that it is the estuary of a large river, flowing to the west of the Rocky Mountains, obstructed by sand-banks, like the mouth of the Mackenzie.
Soon after rounding Point Warren, we crossed the mouth of a large river, the water being muddy and fresh for a breadth of three miles, and the sounding lead was let down to the depth of five fathoms, without striking the bottom.
We had also passed through a stream of perfectly fresh water, which we supposed was poured out from a large river in the intermediate vicinity, but the fog prevented our seeing its outlet.
The Inopus,[835] not a large river, for the island is small, flows through it.
Here the Caprus and the Lycus, a large river, enter the Mæander.
The water taken up this ebb, when at the lowest, was found to be very considerably fresher than any we had hitherto tasted; insomuch that I was convinced that we were in a large river, and not in a strait, communicating with the northern seas.
This furnished another proof that we were before a large river.
As far as the route of Lander had hitherto extended, all the streams that were crossed had a north-westerly course, and on the fifth day, he reached a large river running in the same direction called Accra.
Clock began to rain, but not Sufficient to wet, we passed the mouth of a large river on the Starboard Side 150 yards wide and appears to be navagable.
Island of rocks which is about 4 miles long we discovered the enterence of a large river on the Lard.
The Minetares informed us that there was a large river west of, and at no great distance from the sources of Medecine river, which passed along the Rocky Mountains from S.
The disheartened explorer placed no confidence in Captain Gray's report that, upon his former voyage, he had discovered a large river to the south.
He finally anchored, as he says, "in a large river of fresh water.
A better example could not be found to prove the fallacy of the saying that "a broad valley proves the existence of a large river.
V-shaped ravine 1-1/2 miles long, well proportioned to the small stream now occupying it but entirely too narrow for the channel of a large river.
But if a broad valley is to be accepted as evidence of the work of a large river, then there is too much evidence in the Still River valley.
This is a large river; the entrance is difficult, from a sand-bank at its mouth, and the waves are very high when the wind blows from the lake.
The Ouiscousing is a large river; its bottom sandy, full of islands and sand-bars during the summer season.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "large river" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
