(φυσιογνωμία) is the art of determining the mental character of an individual by an examination of his countenance. (See PHRENOLOGY.)
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### PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
#### Lengths, &c., of the Principal Rivers of the World—(Continued).
| Name of River | Length in Statute Miles | Length in Geographical Miles | Area of River basin in Square Miles | Sea, Lake, or River into which it flows | |---------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| | Garonne | 368 | 320 | 24 | Bay of Biscay. | | Gihon or Amu | 1611 | 1400 | 194 | Sea of Aral. | | Glommen | 348 | 296 | | German Ocean. | | Godavary | 861 | 748 | 93 | Bay of Bengal. | | Gogra | 839 | 725 | | To the Ganges. | | Guadalquivir | 1440 | 1250 | | To the Sea. | | Guadiana | 299 | 260 | 15 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Hoang-ho | 2624 | 2280 | 537 | Pacific Ocean. | | Humber | 190 | 165 | | German Ocean. | | Illinois | 500 | 434 | | To Mississippi R. | | Indigirka | 1360 | 1241 | | To the Sea. | | Indus | 1045 | 908 | 86 | Arctic Ocean. | | Irawadi | 2533 | 2200 | 331 | Indian Ocean. | | Jordan | 104 | 90 | | Dead Sea. | | Jamna | 780 | 808 | | To Ganges. | | Katanga | 1550 | 1783 | | To Sea. | | Kistna | 791 | 688 | 82 | Bay of Bengal. | | Kolyma | 921 | 800 | 107 | Arctic Ocean. | | Kostan | 735 | 640 | 65 | Caspian Sea. | | Lawrence, St | 2762 | 2400 | 62 | G. St Lawrence. | | Lena | 2762 | 2400 | 62 | Arctic Ocean. | | Loire | 598 | 520 | 34 | Bay of Biscay. | | Mackenzie | 2440 | 2120 | 442 | Arctic Ocean. | | Magdalena | 983 | 828 | 72 | Caribbean Sea. | | Mariana | 320 | 278 | | Exinne Sea. | | Maykan or Mekong | 2417 | 2100 | | China Sea. | | Missouri | 1830 | 1677 | | Gulf of Mexico. | | Mississippi | 2316 | 2080 | | To the Mississippi. | | Missouri | 4606 | 3560 | 582 | To Sea. | | Motagua | 290 | 250 | 7 | Gulf of Honduras. | | Nerbudda | 750 | 660 | | Arabian Sea. | | Neva | 506 | 440 | 67 | Gulf of Finland. | | Niemen | 529 | 460 | 32 | Baltic Sea. | | Niger | 1010 | 878 | 9 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Nile | 2573 | 2250 | 520 | Mediterranean S. | | Obi | 2676 | 2320 | 925 | G. of Obi, Arctic O. | | Odar | 552 | 467 | 39 | Baltic Sea. | | Ohio | 1200 | 1043 | | To the Mississippi. | | Olenek | 2270 | 1973 | | To the Sea. | | Orinoco | 1151 | 1000 | 77 | Arctic Ocean. | | Oural | 1555 | 1352 | 252 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Paraguay | 1133 | 984 | | To Panama River. | | Parana | 1854 | 1620 | | To the Sea. | | Paranabyba | 2225 | 1968 | | To the Sea. | | Petchora | 857 | 744 | 115 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Plata, La | 690 | 600 | 49 | Arctic Ocean. | | Platacoyamo | 449 | 380 | | Arctic Ocean. | | Po | 2210 | 1920 | 186 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Potomac | 1871 | 1626 | | Arctic Ocean. | | Pregel | 405 | 357 | | Arctic Ocean. | | Pruth | 115 | 100 | 6 | Baltic Sea. | | Red River | 620 | 538 | | To Danube River. | | Rhine | 740 | 643 | | To the Sea. | | Rhone | 1500 | 1293 | | To Mississippi R. | | Rio del Norte, or Bravo | 2100 | 1846 | 159 | Gulf of Mexico. | | Salado | 829 | 720 | | Yarana River. | | Saskatchewan | 1119 | 972 | | Sea. | | Scheidt | 1915 | 1664 | 360 | Hudson's Bay. | | Seine | 180 | 156 | | German Ocean. | | Senegal | 391 | 340 | 23 | British Channel. | | Severn | 960 | 834 | 9 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Sir el Silan | 1350 | 1208 | 237 | Sea of Aral. | | Susquehanna | 547 | 480 | | Atlantic Ocean. | | Tagus | 552 | 480 | 22 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Tarim Ergengol | 940 | 816 | 17 | Lake of Lob. | | Tay | 129 | 104 | | Xian Sea. | | Tchekiang | 1105 | 960 | 99 | China Sea. | | Thaluan or Martaban | 2155 | 1879 | | Indian Ocean. | | Thames | 220 | 191 | 5 | British Channel. | | Tigris | 1010 | 878 | | To Euphrates River. | | Tocantins | 1200 | 956 | | To the Sea. | | Tonquin | 552 | 480 | 22 | Atlantic Ocean. | | Vardeoc | 270 | 225 | 92 | Gulf of Tonquin. | | Vistula | 598 | 520 | 52 | Baltic, Archipel. | | Volga | 2762 | 2400 | 397 | Caspian Sea. | | Weser | 322 | 280 | 13 | Baltic Sea. | | Yana | 483 | 420 | | Arctic Ocean. | | Yangtsekiang | 3314 | 2880 | 548 | Pacific Ocean. | | Yenesi | 3222 | 2800 | 785 | Arctic Ocean. |
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1 Including the basin of the Martaban River. 2 The joint basin of the whole Mississippi-Missouri river system. 3 The joint basin of both rivers. 4 The basin of the Martaban is included in that of the Irawadi.