. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE BAHAMAS. 441 are almost unique, for their rocky walls rise at angles of 50 or even 35 degrees from abysses 2,000 to 2,500 fathoms deep. The oceanic basin is everywhere abruptly limited by this coralline rampart, which forms an advanced coast-line of the mainland, deflecting the Atlantic currents towards the north-west ; to this Fig-. 213.—TONGTTE OF THE OcEAN. Scale 1 : 2,500.ô West oF Greenwich 0 to 16 Feet. Depths. 16 to 3,200 Feet. 60 Miles. general movement of the ocean stream, sweeping along the sands, living organisms and other mater
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE BAHAMAS. 441 are almost unique, for their rocky walls rise at angles of 50 or even 35 degrees from abysses 2,000 to 2,500 fathoms deep. The oceanic basin is everywhere abruptly limited by this coralline rampart, which forms an advanced coast-line of the mainland, deflecting the Atlantic currents towards the north-west ; to this Fig-. 213.—TONGTTE OF THE OcEAN. Scale 1 : 2,500.ô West oF Greenwich 0 to 16 Feet. Depths. 16 to 3,200 Feet. 60 Miles. general movement of the ocean stream, sweeping along the sands, living organisms and other materials used by the corals in the construction of their buildings, the islands and chains of reefs doubtless owe their elongated form, disposed in the direction from south east to north-west. Where the current gains access through open breaches it develops graceful curves in the interior of the archipelagoes,. 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. Appleton and company
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