. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 86 AUSTEIA-HUNGAEY. lowlands against these Danubiau floods. On the contrary, the greater the volume of water which these embankments cause to flow towards the Danube, the greater the danger to which the dwellers along the lower river courses find themselves exposed. Of late years even " hilly districts " have been invaded by the floods, the inhabitants being obliged to fly for their lives, and see their cattle perish before their very eyes. Whatever local advantages may have been conferred by the embankment of the Tisza, the country at l
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 86 AUSTEIA-HUNGAEY. lowlands against these Danubiau floods. On the contrary, the greater the volume of water which these embankments cause to flow towards the Danube, the greater the danger to which the dwellers along the lower river courses find themselves exposed. Of late years even " hilly districts " have been invaded by the floods, the inhabitants being obliged to fly for their lives, and see their cattle perish before their very eyes. Whatever local advantages may have been conferred by the embankment of the Tisza, the country at large has been a loser. The only efficacious means of preventing these disastrous floods would be to widen the Iron Gate, and thus provide an outlet for the pent-up waters of the Danube. The succession of gorges through which the noble Danube rushes, on leaving the plain of Hungary, not only abounds in picturesque scenery, but is geologically Fig. 55.—Fort Elizabeth. (Three miles from the Iron GateO. interesting, for nowhere else in Europe have such formidable obstacles been over- come by the irresistible agency of water. The castle of Grolubatz and the rocky islet of Babako stand sentry at the entrance to this wonderful defile, over 60 miles in length. Immediately below these landmarks the Danube rushes over a bed of rocks, forming a series of rapids, and then engages in the dangerous passes of Greben, obstructed by blocks of porphyry, where the navigable channels are hardly 15 feet in width when the river is at its lowest. Beyond the river broadens, forming the basin of Milanovitz (4,500 feet wide). A precipitous wall of rock appears to shut it in completely, but an abrupt turn brings us to the entrance of the famous gorge of Kasan, less than 500 feet in width, and bounded by steep cliffs of limestone. Roads accompany each bank of the river, that on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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