. Book of the Royal blue . AfifiBPs reffffr. n: mr BAlTOiOmO RR. \\,m:i>M !:iH,1\\|; MVK-iUMi HiilGHTS IN VIRGINIA Tu THE liAHri-i: s im:i:v. u \\ ik<im n) V INK ^HENANLMtAH K!\ IK Atlantic border and is characterized by they really are. The Coastal Plains have broad stretches of nearly level country in geologic time passed through many which are not much above sea level. The oscillations of level and in the railway cuts rivers have sluggish currents and the drain- and where the hills have been graded down, THE ALLl-JHIEMhS FROM A GKo
. Book of the Royal blue . AfifiBPs reffffr. n: mr BAlTOiOmO RR. \\,m:i>M !:iH,1\\|; MVK-iUMi HiilGHTS IN VIRGINIA Tu THE liAHri-i: s im:i:v. u \\ ik<im n) V INK ^HENANLMtAH K!\ IK Atlantic border and is characterized by they really are. The Coastal Plains have broad stretches of nearly level country in geologic time passed through many which are not much above sea level. The oscillations of level and in the railway cuts rivers have sluggish currents and the drain- and where the hills have been graded down, THE ALLl-JHIEMhS FROM A GKoLoGICAI. IOIST OF VIEW :\ one may see, from the sand and clay andnumerous rounded boulders and pebbles,that the land has been submerged andcovered with a mantle of waterworn rockmaterial. Since this deposit was laid downthe land has been elevated to some extentbut even now the river valleys are drownedby the invasion of the sea. Leaving Washington and the low-lyingCoastal Plain with its tidewater and travel-ing one comes in a short distanceto the falls of the rotomae and enters a among which are Trenton, Philadelphia,Baltimore and Washington. Its
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