The Rhine, its valley and history . Former Valleys nated in remote Rhaetikon sources now robbed by theLandquart. The Vorder Rhine is a longitudinal river almostfrom its source to the junction with the Hinter Rhineat Reichenau. Its valley is bounded by the south face of40 The Rhaetic Rhinethegreat mountain wall,which descends more graduallynorthward in the Cantons of Uri, Glarus and St Todi, the highest summit of this range, is 500 feethigher than the Rheinwaldhorn of the Adula. The Vbrder. /Vote Abandoned River ways Present Valleys uppermost portion of the basin of the Vorder Rhinew
The Rhine, its valley and history . Former Valleys nated in remote Rhaetikon sources now robbed by theLandquart. The Vorder Rhine is a longitudinal river almostfrom its source to the junction with the Hinter Rhineat Reichenau. Its valley is bounded by the south face of40 The Rhaetic Rhinethegreat mountain wall,which descends more graduallynorthward in the Cantons of Uri, Glarus and St Todi, the highest summit of this range, is 500 feethigher than the Rheinwaldhorn of the Adula. The Vbrder. /Vote Abandoned River ways Present Valleys uppermost portion of the basin of the Vorder Rhinewith the ancient Abbey of Dissentis in its centre, hasshort slopes also from the south, for close at hand are theheadstreams of rivers flowing through Italian-speakingvalleys to the Ticino and the Lago Maggiore. From41 The Rhi?ieDissentis up the valley of the so-called Middle Rhinea road has been constructed over the Lukmanier Passto connect the Vorder Rhine with the Ticino, as theBernardino Pass connects the Hinter Rhine with further eastward, both above and below Ilanz, thetributary southern valleys are longer, and descend notimmediately from the brink overlooking the Italianslope, but from the northern edge of the this stage it may be well to restate in somewhatmore technical language, with the objecl of clearness,the scheme of the Rhaetic drainage or the Rhine. Themap, in other words, must be made to speak its fullmeaning, which is orderly and not chaotic. First wemust
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