I suppose the rain this week has it flowing faster.
Blood was flowing from his cheek.
It was then that my slowly reacting brain, flowing like cold molasses began to function, more than a gerbil driven wheel.
The northern slope of this great plateau is drained by the AraguayaTocantins, Xingu, Tapajos and Guapore-Mamore-Madeira, which flow northward, and, except the first, empty into the Amazon; the southern slope drains southward through a multitude of streams flowing into the Parana and Paraguay.
"That is true," agreed the Wizard, "and as the river seems to be flowing in the direction of the Pyramid Mountain it will be the easiest way for us to travel."