. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. 1. The present level of the Ehine. 2. Part of an old level of tbe Part of the hilly ground beyond, that formed the original river-bank. Lower down the river, below Mederheimbach, the left bank, lookedat in front, presents the aspect shown in fig. 5. The plain, 3, slopes gently to the north; and numerous gullies orminor valleys, which open out just above the present bank of theRhine and end in the plain above, have been produced by atmosphericdecomposition and rain and snow during the time that the riverhas been cutting its w
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. 1. The present level of the Ehine. 2. Part of an old level of tbe Part of the hilly ground beyond, that formed the original river-bank. Lower down the river, below Mederheimbach, the left bank, lookedat in front, presents the aspect shown in fig. 5. The plain, 3, slopes gently to the north; and numerous gullies orminor valleys, which open out just above the present bank of theRhine and end in the plain above, have been produced by atmosphericdecomposition and rain and snow during the time that the riverhas been cutting its way from 3, its higher, to 1, its present level. At Wellmich, looking down the river, the general appearance ofthe high banks is given in fig. 6, which shows the terraced plain onthe left bank receding to the north in a gradual perspective, themore hilly ground to the right and left that bounds these terracedplains not being visible from this point of view. 90 A. C. RAMSAY ON THE PHYSICAL HISTOEY Fig. 5.— View of bank near Niederheimbach. 1. The present level of the Rhine. 2. The cliffy ground of the west side of thegorge. 3. An old river-plain. 4. The more distant hills that hounded theearlier river-valley. Fig. 6.— View near Wellmich.
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