The physical geography of New York state . the submergence has extensive, and the liai-d n>ck- of the country were jnvvioiisly cai-ved l»y the action of iri-i-atrivors, not only liave innunieralile -mall l»ays, >ti-aits, <-a]ies 304 The Physical Geography of New York State and islands been produced, but also immense bays, likeHudson Bay and the Bay of St. Lawrence, immense pen-insulas, like those of Labrador and Nova Scotia, largeislands, such as Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, etc.,and extensive shoals,—completely submerged hills,—suchas those forming the Fishing Banks
The physical geography of New York state . the submergence has extensive, and the liai-d n>ck- of the country were jnvvioiisly cai-ved l»y the action of iri-i-atrivors, not only liave innunieralile -mall l»ays, >ti-aits, <-a]ies 304 The Physical Geography of New York State and islands been produced, but also immense bays, likeHudson Bay and the Bay of St. Lawrence, immense pen-insulas, like those of Labrador and Nova Scotia, largeislands, such as Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, etc.,and extensive shoals,—completely submerged hills,—suchas those forming the Fishing Banks. A similar subsidencehas produced the irregular coast of the British Isles, andhas severed them from the mainland by admitting the seaacross the divide between two valleys, thus forming theEnglish Channel. In like manner the rocky coast of New England, withits innumerable islands and bays (Figs. 162 and 173), andthe still more deeply indented fjord coast of Norway, tell ofthe entrance of the sea into a sculptured land of hard FIG. 162. A photograph from Mt. Desert, on the Maine coast, showing the numerousislands formed by the drowning of an irregular land area. On the other hand, the sinking of a land of softer strata,possessing a more subdued topography, produces a coast ofirregular form, but of much less ruggedness. Such a coastis well illustrated in Chesapeake Bay and the other irregu-larities of the land-border south of New York. The depressed coast of the New York section standsmidway between these two extremes, having some charac-teristics of each. Long Island Sound (Fig. 174) resemblesthe Chesapeake rather than the fjord type of depressedcoast; but the Hudson, where it crosses the hard strata, isa true fjord of great length. The Bay of New York (), the islands near the city, including Long Island itself,and the narrow straits between these, are all the result of The Shore Lines :; depression of the land. In fact, tin- site of New Yrk Cityand its g
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