The Rhine, its valley and history . z the direcl length of thegorge measures some forty miles, but owing to severalbends the distance, as measured along the river, is con-siderably greater. At Coblenz, where the Lahn andthe Moselle join from tributary gorges to right and toleft, there is a small plain, but the gorge is renewedbelow, although for a shorter distance than above. Itsnorthern exit is reached only a short way south of Bonn,some seventy miles to the north-west of Bingen. Bonnitself, as already described, is at the southern end of agulf of lowland which advances southward along theRhi
The Rhine, its valley and history . z the direcl length of thegorge measures some forty miles, but owing to severalbends the distance, as measured along the river, is con-siderably greater. At Coblenz, where the Lahn andthe Moselle join from tributary gorges to right and toleft, there is a small plain, but the gorge is renewedbelow, although for a shorter distance than above. Itsnorthern exit is reached only a short way south of Bonn,some seventy miles to the north-west of Bingen. Bonnitself, as already described, is at the southern end of agulf of lowland which advances southward along theRhine. In other words the slate hills retreat here fromthe immediate banks of the river, but continue tobound its valley at a distance of a few miles as far asthe latitude of Cologne on the west, and as far asthat of Essen on the east. The whole breadth of the Rhenish Schist Mountains from the Taunus to Essen is considerably more than ioo miles, and from the Hunsriick to Aachen it is very nearly as much. South-westward from Cologne 16.
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