. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. LAKES. 95 tops and headlands are now surrounded by peat beds, swamps, and marshy pasture- lands. A careful study of these low-lying tracts shows that they were formerly lakes or navigable gulfs, and here are sometimes still found the remains of boats. Fig. 47.—Lakes Wener and AVetter. Scale 1 : , Lake bottom sunk below the level of the Baltic. Intermediate depciis. 20 Miles. Above the level of the Baltic. The fastnesses were accordingly defended, partly at least, by water, and nearly all the Swedish towns had their origin in such insular
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. LAKES. 95 tops and headlands are now surrounded by peat beds, swamps, and marshy pasture- lands. A careful study of these low-lying tracts shows that they were formerly lakes or navigable gulfs, and here are sometimes still found the remains of boats. Fig. 47.—Lakes Wener and AVetter. Scale 1 : , Lake bottom sunk below the level of the Baltic. Intermediate depciis. 20 Miles. Above the level of the Baltic. The fastnesses were accordingly defended, partly at least, by water, and nearly all the Swedish towns had their origin in such insular strongholds. The larger Swedish lakes are themselves an index of the gradual drying up of the land. Formerly continuously united, they formed a strait connecting the. 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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