New geographies . has especially importanttrade with the countries bordering theMediterranean, including Algeria andTunis, in northern Africa, which areFrench colonies. It is the port for Lyon,the third city in size in France. Bor-deaux, on the Garonne River, in the 198 WORLD GEOGBAPHT midst of the grape district, is the principalshipping point for wines. (4) Mali/ This country is mainly a long penin-sula, shaped like a boot, which extendsThe parts of down into the Mediterranean the country gea. What sea lies to the east of it ?The island of Sicily, onthe south, and also Sar-dinia on the west,
New geographies . has especially importanttrade with the countries bordering theMediterranean, including Algeria andTunis, in northern Africa, which areFrench colonies. It is the port for Lyon,the third city in size in France. Bor-deaux, on the Garonne River, in the 198 WORLD GEOGBAPHT midst of the grape district, is the principalshipping point for wines. (4) Mali/ This country is mainly a long penin-sula, shaped like a boot, which extendsThe parts of down into the Mediterranean the country gea. What sea lies to the east of it ?The island of Sicily, onthe south, and also Sar-dinia on the west, bothbelong to Italy. Like Germany, Italywas for a long time di-vided intoIts government t . ^ several inde-pendent countries. Now,however, these are allunited under a single gov-ernment, the king at thepresent time being VictorEmanuel III (Fig. 249). Much of the surface ofItaly is mountainous, as Hindrances to yoU can see agriculture on the lofty Alps form thenorthern part, and theApennines extend, like a. backbone, down the cen- Fjg. 249. — Victor Emanuel III,King of Italy. ter of the peninsula. There is, there-fore, much rugged land that is unsuitedto agriculture. A second drawback to farming is thefact that in most parts of the countrythe rainfall in summer is so light thatirrigation is necessary. In spite of these hindrances, agricul-whyagricui- *™^ ^^ ^7 ^^^ ^^^ leading tureisthelead- industry of Italy, while min-ing industry -j^g g^^^ manufacturing are much less important than in the three countries already studied. One of theprincipal reasons for this difference isthat there is scarcelyany coal in Italy,and very little iron. It is true thatthere are many mountain streams, withexcellent water power; and these areused to some extent for manufacturing;but because coal and ironare lacking, Italy has notbecome a great manufac-turing country. The mountain streams,however, are of greatvalue for irrigation, andhave long been used forthat purpose. Among themountains
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