Which preposition to use with rivers

of Occurrences 944%

Quicker, and ever quicker, ran the flicker of day and night; and, suddenly it seemed, I was aware that the flicker had died out, and, instead, there reigned a comparatively steady light, which was shed upon all the world, from an eternal river of flame that swung up and down, North and South, in stupendous, mighty swings.

in Occurrences 603%

"Seeing that bear's track, and hearing the howl of those wolves," said the Doctor, "reminds me of a story I heard told by an old Ohio pilot, whom I found in drifting down that noble river in a pirogue, some five and twenty years ago.

to Occurrences 473%

Can you harness these rivers to great waterwheels, or make reservoirs of these lakes?

at Occurrences 283%

I heard them splash in the river at the bottom; and then silence.

on Occurrences 253%

Farther on, a broad-shouldered wildcat showed himself, coming out of a grove, and crossing the river on a flood-jamb of logs, halting for a moment to look back.

with Occurrences 228%

Here let us carve a lake basin; there, a Yosemite Valley; here, a channel for a river with fluted steps and brows for the plunge of songful cataracts.

from Occurrences 152%

Wal, Crop and I had Seen about all there was to be looked at about Tupper's Lake, and havin' hearn some pretty tall stories about the deer and moose up about the head of Bog River from an Ingen who'd hunted that section, I mentioned to Crop one mornin' that we'd take a trip into them parts.

for Occurrences 152%

Tonnison had got the stove lit now and was busy cutting slices of bacon into the frying pan; so I took the kettle and walked down to the river for water.

by Occurrences 114%

Taking now a general view of the belt, beginning at the south, we see that the majestic ancient glaciers were shed off right and left down the valleys of Kern and King's rivers by the lofty protective spurs outspread embracingly above the warm Sequoia-filled basins of the Kaweah and Tule.

near Occurrences 56%

They were to cross the Missouri river near Doniphan, between Leavenworth and Nebraska City; their destination being Lawrence.

into Occurrences 48%

The first day he took me over the river into a great tangle of meadow and woodland beyond which rose the hazy shapes of the western mountains.

of Occurrences 47%

These are known as the "Dead Rivers of California," and the gravel deposited in them is comprehensively called the "Blue Lead."

as Occurrences 46%

"They've a curious fish in the St. Lawrence," said the doctor, as he knocked the ashes from his meerschaum, and refilled it, "known among the fishermen of that river as the LAWYER.

between Occurrences 44%

About the first of May I turned eastward, crossing the San Joaquin River between the mouths of the Tuolumne and Merced, and by the time I had reached the Sierra foot-hills most of the vegetation had gone to seed and become as dry as hay.

through Occurrences 34%

Or, earlier still, when we paddled on the river through that fine-grained September air, did there not appear to be something new going on under the sparkling surface of the stream, a shaking of props, at least, so that we made haste in order to be up in time?

above Occurrences 34%

"The river above this for some miles was no better for the purpose of cross-section measurement.

without Occurrences 31%

We splashed down into the water and across the river without drawing rein, since it was evident that no chance of safety lay on that side.

below Occurrences 25%

Notwithstanding the difference of volume of discharge, the Teslintoo changes completely the character of the river below the junction, and a person coming up the river would, at the forks, unhesitatingly pronounce the Teslintoo the main stream.

towards Occurrences 22%

We sent forward our boatman with the luggage early in the morning, up Bog River towards Mud Lake, the source of the right branch of that river, lying some thirty miles deeper in the wilderness, counting the sinuosities of the stream, and said to be the highest body of water in all this wild region.

like Occurrences 22%

The two gold-seekers, laughing like schoolboys, sat astride the pack; the Colonel shook out the canvas, and they scudded off up the river like mad.

toward Occurrences 20%

The rowers rowed swiftly and sent the canoe shooting up the river toward the wild country.

before Occurrences 20%

"Wait till we get to the river before trying to cross.

about Occurrences 18%

"I've said I'd take him back with me when I come up river about Christmas.

after Occurrences 14%

Early one morning, when my companions were asleep, I got up and paddled across the river after a deer, for we wanted venison for breakfast.

than Occurrences 14%

This bridge stood higher up the river than that of to-day, nearer indeed to the Castle, and as at its western end there was a chapel, so at its eastern under the Castle, John de Cobham founded, in Chaucer's time, in 1399, a Chantry for all Christian souls, of which some ruins remain.

Which preposition to use with  rivers