School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Clontuskert, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- RiversLet us briefly recall what, no doubt many of you already know, is the way in which a river is formed. The rain falling on the uplands runs in part down the slopes to join an existing brook or sinks in a part into the ground, until it is stopped by some layer, such as hard rock or clay which it cannot penetrate. Here it gathers in a pool until pressure forces it to seek an outlet and it issues from the hillside in a trickling stream which is often the source of a river. Even the great Shannon we shall presently see, has its rise
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female