. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 48 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, impresses by its massiveness, but narrow arms of the sea, bounded by steep precipices, penetrate far inland. The Valle Quieto and the Canale di Leme pierce it on the west, while the Canale di Arsa and the Bay of Fianona are equally remarkable inlets on the east. But far more fantastical than Istria is the outline of Dalmatia, with its peninsulas, and its fringe of islands, islets, and sunken rocks. Its islands and deep bays remind us of the sK-aeren and the fiords of Norway, but this analogy is merely superficial ; for whilst t
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 48 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, impresses by its massiveness, but narrow arms of the sea, bounded by steep precipices, penetrate far inland. The Valle Quieto and the Canale di Leme pierce it on the west, while the Canale di Arsa and the Bay of Fianona are equally remarkable inlets on the east. But far more fantastical than Istria is the outline of Dalmatia, with its peninsulas, and its fringe of islands, islets, and sunken rocks. Its islands and deep bays remind us of the sK-aeren and the fiords of Norway, but this analogy is merely superficial ; for whilst the fiords of Scandinavia are submarine valleys of great depth, which intersect the coast range in all directions, and ramify into a multitude of arms, the canale and bays of Dalmatia are simple channels of Fig. 29.âThe Sixk of Pago. Scale 1 :1,135,000. 15° ICE of Cr. DEPTH IN FATHOMS â 11 Over 11 _^__^_â 5 JVIileb. erosion, less than 160 feet in depth, and extending in the same direction as the ridges of the Carso and the Dinaric Alpsâthat is, from the north-west to the south-east. The peninsulas and islands of Illyria have none of the chaotic dis- order peculiar to the torn rocks of the Scandinavian coast. The direction of their hill ranges and valleys is the same as that of the mountains and valleys of the mainland. Geologically they belong to the same formation as the mainland, the only exceptions being the eruptive rocks of Lissa and of a few islets far out in the Adriatic. There can be no doubt that all these islands were formerly joined to the mainland, the work of erosion which cut them asunder having been favoured by. 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. Appleto
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