The World in hemispheres with comparative views of the heights of the principal mountains and basins of the principal rivers on the globe.

• Main Author: Swanston, George H.
• Format: Map
• Language: English
• Published: A. Fullarton & Co. 1852
• Subjects: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps; Places - Africa; Places - Asia; Places - North America; Places - South America; Places - Europe; Watersheds > Maps; ; World maps; ; Amazon River Watershed > Maps; ; Tocantins River Watershed (Brazil) > Maps; ; Rio de la Plata Watershed (Argentina and Uruguay) > Maps; ; Great Lakes Watershed (North America) > Maps; ; Saint Lawrence River Watershed; ; Mississippi River Watershed > Maps; ; Missouri River Watershed > Maps; ; Rhine River Watershed > Maps; ; Dnieper River Watershed > Maps; ; Danube River Watershed > Maps; ; Volga River Watershed (Russia) > Maps; ; Ural River Watershed (Russia and Kazakhstan) > Maps; ; Indus River Watershed > Maps; ; Ganges River Watershed (India and Bangladesh) > Maps; ; Irrawaddy River (Burma) > Maps; ; Yenisey River (Russia) > Maps; Argentina; Uruguay; Yenisey; Lawrence River; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192472/

Map shows drainage of major rivers and relative heights of mountains throughout the Earth. Mountain heights are given in English feet. Insets: "Basins of the Amazon and Tocantins," "Basin of the La Plata," "Gt. Lakes & St. Lawrence," "Basin of the Mississippi & Missouri," "Basins of the Rhine, Danube & Dnieper," "Basins of the Volga & Ural," "Basins of the Indus," "Basins of the Ganges, Irawady," and "Basins of the Yenesei." Scale not given.