"1" . _:b6767251 "1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, \u2192OCLC:"@en . . _:b6767251 "By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea."@en . _:b6767249 "A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea."@en . _:b6767252 "Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge."@en . _:b6767249 . _:b6767250 . _:b6767252 "2013 June 29, \u201CHigh and wet\u201D, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:"@en . _:b6767250 "Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods."@en . _:b6767251 . _:b6767252 .