River Lethe in popular culture publicly demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic, called his ether "Letheon". River Lethe in popular culture In Classical Greek, Lethe (Λήθη; , ) literally means "forgetfulness" or "concealment" and is related to the Greek word for "truth": "a-lethe-ia" (αλήθεια), meaning "un-forgetfulness" or "un-concealment". The River Lethe in Greek Mythology has appeared many times in popular culture since the times of ancient Greece. Walter Savage Landor transforms into substance the metaphor that time takes flight when he places a few drops of Lethe's waters on wing: On love, on grief, on every human thing, Time sprinkles Lethe's water with
The Earth Suspended River The Earth Suspended River The Earth Suspended River(地上悬河） is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River，which is a world-famous geographical landscape. Also known as 'the raised bed river', its bed is more than 3 metres higher than the ground. In some places,the water level is even about 10 metres higher than the ground. The yellow river is famous for being sandy with very high sediment concentration. Reasons are as follows: first of all, ascent of this reach is not so big. Besides, both sides of the river are open. Last but not least,the current is gentle too. Above