. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 'lO-AS 2 Miles. landslips and floods, are frequent in the Austrian Alps. The Salzach, which rises in the Tauern and flows past Salzburg to the Daijube, has frequently been dammed up by the masses of detritus brought down by its tributary torrents. In 1798 an avalanche of mud and stones blocked up the gorge of Oefen, above Hallein, and two villages, with their fields, were buried beneath 50,000,000 cubic yards of débris. In the valley of the Adige sloping mounds of detritus constitute a marked feature, and they sometimes block up the river. The huge accumula
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 'lO-AS 2 Miles. landslips and floods, are frequent in the Austrian Alps. The Salzach, which rises in the Tauern and flows past Salzburg to the Daijube, has frequently been dammed up by the masses of detritus brought down by its tributary torrents. In 1798 an avalanche of mud and stones blocked up the gorge of Oefen, above Hallein, and two villages, with their fields, were buried beneath 50,000,000 cubic yards of débris. In the valley of the Adige sloping mounds of detritus constitute a marked feature, and they sometimes block up the river. The huge accumulation of stones, mud, and clay, interesting on account of its stone-capped earth pillars, known as the Salvini di San Marco, is probably the result of a landslip which occurred in 833, and for a time reduced the Lower Adige to a simple rivulet. Five
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