. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 106 SCANDINAVIA. falling to about 20 at Christiania, Tromsô, and other spots sheltered ftom the moist winds. Throughout Sweden, which is defended by the Scandinavian uplands from the wet quarter, the mean fall is 201 inches, and consequently less than in France and the British Isles. By a singular contrast the snow-line descends much lower on the western than the eastern slopes of the Folgefond and Justedal highlands, the fact being due to the abundance of moisture brought Fig. 54.—Thermic Isabn'ormals for the Year. According to Mohn. t
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 106 SCANDINAVIA. falling to about 20 at Christiania, Tromsô, and other spots sheltered ftom the moist winds. Throughout Sweden, which is defended by the Scandinavian uplands from the wet quarter, the mean fall is 201 inches, and consequently less than in France and the British Isles. By a singular contrast the snow-line descends much lower on the western than the eastern slopes of the Folgefond and Justedal highlands, the fact being due to the abundance of moisture brought Fig. 54.—Thermic Isabn'ormals for the Year. According to Mohn. tofCr, by the west and south-west winds. But going northwards the snow-line falls uniformly from 4,000 or 5,000 feet on either side of the Folgefond, and to 3,000, or even 2,400, on the mountains about North Cape. The isothermal lines, determined by systematic observation at the fifty-three Norwegian and twenty-nine Swedish meteorological stations, present in summer and winter the same general form. They run nearly parallel on the west coast, describing their principal curve towards the south-west from Trondhjem to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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