The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . ven by foreigners tothe Vierwaldstattersee, or lake of the four forest cantons ofSwitzerland. Only a small portion of its shores lie withinthe canton of Lucerne, but the name has been taken fromthe most considerable town which it approaches. Lyingon the side of the Alps of central Switzerland,this lake has extraordinary interest for the physicalgeographer, for the lo
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . ven by foreigners tothe Vierwaldstattersee, or lake of the four forest cantons ofSwitzerland. Only a small portion of its shores lie withinthe canton of Lucerne, but the name has been taken fromthe most considerable town which it approaches. Lyingon the side of the Alps of central Switzerland,this lake has extraordinary interest for the physicalgeographer, for the lover of natural scenery, and for allwho feel sympathy with the story of Swiss most of the other Alpine lakes, it lies altogether amongthe Voralpeii, or outer ranges of the Alps, but is remarkablefor the e.\trem(i irregularity of its form, which suggestsproblems of much difficulty to the orographer. The greatmajority of the Alpine lakes occupy depressions or excava-tions in a single line of valley; and, so far as their form isconcerned, the facts appear to be equally reconcilable withthe views of those geologists who believe the lake basins tohave been hollowed out by great glaciers as with those. ri-in of I aki I 1 Iwhich refei thtu origin to disturbances of rthtive level,and restrict the action of the ancient ghciero to a secondarypart in the result. The Lake of Lucerne, however, appearsto occupy portions of four different valleys, orographicallydistinct, andcunnectedonlyby narrow and tortuous at its eastern extremity, we have the portioncalled the Bay^f Uri, which at its southern end receivesthe considerable stream of the Reuss, bearing down thedrainage of the Alps adjoining the pass of St extends from south to north about 8 miles, with anaverage breadth of less than 2 miles, enclosed betweensteep limestone mountains rising from 4000 to 5000 feetabove its surface. At the north end of the Bay of Uri alow tract, only a few mile
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