The physical geography of New York state . FlO. 117. Swampy [mi-lion ..f Inlet. Delta, lic:nl f Cayn-a • dried up shortly after the river 11 ..... Is have suicided. Suchswamps may be Seen alon^ the rpper Mohawk, where that See Friili, Viertel, Natm-for-. Qesells, XI. II. lv-7. 202 216 The Physical Geography of New York State river is flowing over the level plain of the old lake swamps, on a small scale, are the counterpart of thegreat swamps of large floodplains, like those of the Missis-sippi, the Yellow, etc. Of the large fresh-water swamps, which are very abu
The physical geography of New York state . FlO. 117. Swampy [mi-lion ..f Inlet. Delta, lic:nl f Cayn-a • dried up shortly after the river 11 ..... Is have suicided. Suchswamps may be Seen alon^ the rpper Mohawk, where that See Friili, Viertel, Natm-for-. Qesells, XI. II. lv-7. 202 216 The Physical Geography of New York State river is flowing over the level plain of the old lake swamps, on a small scale, are the counterpart of thegreat swamps of large floodplains, like those of the Missis-sippi, the Yellow, etc. Of the large fresh-water swamps, which are very abun-dant, the great majority are connected with some part of a. FIG. 118. Swamp replacing pond, Clay pond, Bourne, Massachusetts (Fig. 116)(J. L. Gardner, 2d, photographer). lake history. For instance, a bay, either on sea or lakeshore, becomes shut in by bars, and, upon being filled, ischanged to a swamp. Or, even without an enclosing bar, abay along a lake shore may become a fresh-water swamp bymere filling as the result of sediment brought by tributarystreams. The filling of any lake or pond will in time pro-duce a swampy tract(Figs. 113-119). This process of lake-filling, together with the production of delta, lake shore andfilled-lake swamps, has already been sufficiently described(pp. 207-213). Lukes and 217 Another class of lake swamps is that fonm><l in connec-tiou with the disappearance of the ice. During tin- stand ofthe glacier the temporary lakes received deposits which werespread out with such levelness that swamps now exist onparts of the sites of many of them. Connewango swamp, inChautauqua County, is situated in the bottom of
Size: 1778px × 1406px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1902
