Nevertheless, under some of these flows remains of plants and insects of species now living in the islands have been found - a proof that the formation as well as the denudation of the country is, geologically speaking, recent.
Thence the river flows S.E.
The river flows in exquisite wooded reaches, navigable only for small boats.
On this view the water flows upwards under the influence of variations of pressure and tension in the vessels.
The Chu rises in the Tian-shan Mountains and flows north-westwards through Akmolinsk; and the Naryn flows south-westwards along a longitudinal valley of the Tian-shan, and enters Ferghana to join the Syr-darya.