Show numerous lost rivers in various parts part of world it hardly seems possible to lose a stream of water lar anrce e enough to be b called a river however there are arc many bo 90 c c billed lost rivers in abo th world says mils pathfinder magazine india it lias its fatuous famous lost I ost river jugo elavia has baa one rind so do idaho an I 1 oregon kentucky has brig n lost creek and west virginia its lost river in hardy county coi west virginia there Is 13 a river which sinks under a mountain and reappears two miles anny anny as a large spring the overflow from which forms tile lie river the river disappears under a roe the water fornis forms whir pools as it sinks under tinder the rocks ind anything thrown into the water there soon disappears from sight these lost rivers are usually found ln 10 lial estone regions the seepage of awater water through ironsh tl tile the porous rock causes small emall fissures to be formed As time goes on those these fissures increase to in size until in some cases they may be b large enough to 10 swallow up a sizable riser the river may run underground for miles iles and then reappear as a huge spring arter passing beneath a high mountain the witter in such rivers 15 I 1 of a 1 mar ma relous clous opalescent title hue arid yet it Is su so clear and transparent that if you look at it in a quiet pool you would not believe there was any water there here |