Below them now was the low ridge-mountain country, ragged, sloping, and cut by swift-running shallow rivers.
It had a clear, swift-running river, fine mountains to the rear, and soil that seemed ripe for intensive cultivation.
Dry grassland for some days' travel, then rock and sand, then deep gouges in the rocks, with swift-running rivers in the depths.
Guests may also have drinks or first courses on a wooden deck looking over the swift-running river.
The next day we set out for the nearest settlement, and found one of goodly size straddling the ford of a swift-running river.
As the sun reached the head of the sky, they drank from a shallow, swift-running river and rested for a while in the cool shade of a large rock.
The boys made their way through the darkness, guided by the churning sound of the swift-running river.
A few dozen paces outside the Phantarch's chamber, the tunnel opened onto a natural cavern which had been cut in the softer rock by a swift-running underground river.
There was a savannah of rolling soil which gradually sloped down to a swift-running river.
There was a loud crack as under the strain of the tearing current, the safety rope snapped and Davis was sucked under the surface of the swift-running river.
