. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 5 Miles. thanks to the volume of water received by Lake Wener from the Klar-elf and its other influents. But there was a time when the great Lake Fœmund, now drainin^: southwards to the Kattes-at throu<2:h the Klar, drained throuofh the Dal-elf south-east to the Gulf of Bothnia. The Fœmunsgrav, the old bed of the river, is still visible 4 or 5 feet above the present level of the lake. But if formerly deprived of the waters of Lake Fœmund, the Gota received from another quarter all those of the Glommen, so that its volume was more than doubled. At the foo
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 5 Miles. thanks to the volume of water received by Lake Wener from the Klar-elf and its other influents. But there was a time when the great Lake Fœmund, now drainin^: southwards to the Kattes-at throu<2:h the Klar, drained throuofh the Dal-elf south-east to the Gulf of Bothnia. The Fœmunsgrav, the old bed of the river, is still visible 4 or 5 feet above the present level of the lake. But if formerly deprived of the waters of Lake Fœmund, the Gota received from another quarter all those of the Glommen, so that its volume was more than doubled. At the foot of the hill on which stands the town of Kongsvinger, north-east of Christiania, the Glommen now turns suddenly westwards ; but formerly it continued its south-eastward course parallel with the Klar-elf, to Lakes Aklang and Wener. During the heavy floodings a portion of the Glommen waters still escapes by the old bed, and long narrow lakes preserving the meandering form of
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