The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 £j<hard SCALE F ; 000 ^l'jbu-'/ôOuFeet mound, and the rivers which flow over it open out like the sticks of a fan. Other causes have, however, contributed towards this easterly trend of the rivers, fore- most amongst which is the tend- Fig. 133.—Augsburg. Scale 1: 200,000. ency of all rivers of the northern hemisphere to encroach upon their right bank. The rivers of Bavaria are by no means formidable on account of their volume, bat their fre- quent floods and the marshes which line their banks render them serious o
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 £j<hard SCALE F ; 000 ^l'jbu-'/ôOuFeet mound, and the rivers which flow over it open out like the sticks of a fan. Other causes have, however, contributed towards this easterly trend of the rivers, fore- most amongst which is the tend- Fig. 133.—Augsburg. Scale 1: 200,000. ency of all rivers of the northern hemisphere to encroach upon their right bank. The rivers of Bavaria are by no means formidable on account of their volume, bat their fre- quent floods and the marshes which line their banks render them serious obstacles to loco- motion ; hence their importance as strategical lines. With the exception of the Isar, which is inhabited on both banks by men of the same race, the other great rivers of Upper Bavaria—the Hier, Lech, and Inn—have suc- cessively become ethnological boundaries. Most of the villages, instead of being built upon the banks of the river, occupy the watersheds, and the roads, in- stead of running through the valleys, conduct us over the heights which separate them. Sites possessing special advantages have exceptionally caused towns to be built on the rivers themselves. I 2 Miles.
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