. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HYDËOGEAPHY. 457 its water to tlie Zuider Zee. At Wyk-by-Duurstede tlie main branch assumes the name of Leh, whilst the veritable Rhine, reduced to an insignificant stream, flows to the north-west, past Utrecht and Leyden, into the North Sea. It is known as the Kromme (Crooked Pthine), or Old Rhine, and sends several branches to the Zuider Zee, the most important being the Veeht and Amstel. When the Romans held the territory the Rhine flooded the country behind the dunes, and they cut a canal to drain off the swamps into the Meuse. The existi
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HYDËOGEAPHY. 457 its water to tlie Zuider Zee. At Wyk-by-Duurstede tlie main branch assumes the name of Leh, whilst the veritable Rhine, reduced to an insignificant stream, flows to the north-west, past Utrecht and Leyden, into the North Sea. It is known as the Kromme (Crooked Pthine), or Old Rhine, and sends several branches to the Zuider Zee, the most important being the Veeht and Amstel. When the Romans held the territory the Rhine flooded the country behind the dunes, and they cut a canal to drain off the swamps into the Meuse. The existing Oude V/iet (Old Canal) is supposed to occupy the site of tlie Roman work. More recently, in 1806, a passage for the Rhine was cut through the dunes. It is Fig. 252—The Biesbosch in Scale 1 : 200, 4-40 Eof G. 2 Miles. defended by gigantic flood-gates. The discharge of the river at its mouth only amounts to 140 cubic feet per second. As to the Lek, it is in a great measure an artificial water-way, flowing along a cnnal cut by Civilis in 71 It joins that arm of the Meuse which flows past Rotterdam. The Hollandsche Yssel is alternately a tributary and an emissary of the latter, carefully regulated by locks, and a great fertiliser of the fat meadows around Gouda. If volume is to have weight in the nomenclature of our rivers, then the Waal is the veritable Lower Rhine. At Woudrichem it is joined by the Maas (Meuse), and thenceforth it is known by the name of its tributary. The united river passes through the island labyrinth known as the Biesbosch (Rush-wood), and thence through the Hollandsche Diep and Haringvliet into the North Sea. It sends, 104. 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),
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