Here the river is divided into two sheets of water by an island, the largest cataract being more than a third of a mile broad, the smaller one having a breadth of six hundred feet.
In 1818 the island had become two miles long and half a mile broad, and was covered with vegetation and shrubs.
They were about a quarter of a mile broad at the widest, and often narrower, and a mile or so long; some parts of their surfaces and sides were quite flat, and occasionally occupied by marshes or ponds.
The bed of the Nile opposite Sennaar may be reckoned at about half a mile broad.
I estimated it at about two-thirds of a mile broad at its embouchure.
We soon arrived at the western bank of the river, the Nile being in this place not a mile broad.
The river here is about half a mile broad, and makes several turns which somewhat retarded our progress.
Its mouth is very deep, and a quarter of a mile broad, but is so obstructed at the entrance by sands as only to be navigable by barks.
This harbour is inclosed by a low isle, a mile in length, a quarter of a mile broad, and a mile and a half from the main land.
The isle of St Catharine is about eight leagues and a half long, but no where exceeds two leagues broad; and at one place the channel between it and the continent is only a quarter of a mile broad.
To this island, which is about six miles long, and from one mile to one quarter of a mile broad, I gave the name of Gloucester Island, in honour of his royal highness the Duke.
Of these, the two largest were separated from each other by a channel of about half-a-mile broad, and were severally surrounded by smaller islands, to which they were joined by reefs that lay under water.
There is a vale of good land, which is here from a mile and a half to a mile broad; and to the north and south, great ridges of mountains said to be full of mines.
The entrance of this channel lies close to the south point of the bay, being formed by the shore on the east, and on the west by a large spit of sand: It is about a quarter of a mile broad, and lies in S.
The Nile is here about a quarter of a mile broad, the distance between the foot of the mountain and the Libyan shore being about half a mile; and Bruce agrees with Herodotus in thinking this the narrowest part of the valley termed Egypt.
Through this immense plain winds the Nile, a delightful river there, above a mile broad, full to the very brim, but never overflowing.
The river is about a mile broad, and deep enough in the middle for a vessel drawing 12 or 14 feet water.
It is about two miles long, a quarter of a mile broad, and not exceeding 100 feet in height, being covered with a scanty vegetation, and thickly strewn in many places with fragments of granite.
The breach in the Reef which forms a Channell into this harbour is 1/4 of a mile broad, steep too, on both sides, and the same may be said of all the others, and in general there is no danger but what is Visible.
The river is three-quarters of a mile broad; we crossed it in an eight-horse team-boat.
The river is here three-quarters of a mile broad, has excessively thick and muddy water, and a very powerful current.
The stream is nearly three-fourths of a mile broad.
At twelve miles crossed a valley a quarter of a mile broad, through which a gum creek runs, with an immense quantity of drift timber lying on its banks.
The channel, which is on the east side of these islands, is half a mile broad.
The channel between this island and the Monument is near a mile broad, and twenty-four fathoms deep.
The harbour lies nearly in this last direction; is almost two miles in length; in some places near a mile broad; and hath in it from fifty to ten fathoms water, a bottom of mud and sand.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mile broad" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
