. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I3'50' 4" 20' Basalt Sr VUnkatune. Porphyry ^ Mela^jhyre excepted, lies within its bounds ; whilst Moravia lies wholly within the basin of the Morava, after which it has been named, and which is known to Germans as the March ; and whilst the Elbe flows north towards the German Ocean, the Morava takes its course towards the Danube and the Black Sea. The hydrographical nomenclature of the country is full of anomalies. The Upper Elbe is far inferior in volume to its assumed tributary, the Moldau, or Vltava. The latter is in reality the great arteri
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I3'50' 4" 20' Basalt Sr VUnkatune. Porphyry ^ Mela^jhyre excepted, lies within its bounds ; whilst Moravia lies wholly within the basin of the Morava, after which it has been named, and which is known to Germans as the March ; and whilst the Elbe flows north towards the German Ocean, the Morava takes its course towards the Danube and the Black Sea. The hydrographical nomenclature of the country is full of anomalies. The Upper Elbe is far inferior in volume to its assumed tributary, the Moldau, or Vltava. The latter is in reality the great arterial river of Bohemia, and a canal connects it with the Danube and the Black Sea. The Upper Elbe, however, flowing in the same direction as the united river below Kolin, has given its name to the entire river system. The Upper Vltava and most of its tributaries flow through a region of bogs, 81
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