. The earth and its inhabitants .. . lOl E of G Wells. Mounds. Farmsteads. — 5 Miles. Sheep-folds. land, although destitute of timber, seems to have been well watered by large rivers, "scarcely less numerous than the canals in ; At present the southern steppes are dried up, and even including the limans on the coast, no longer fed by running waters, there is but a very small number of coast streams. Herodotus, who visited the country, could scarcely have been mistaken as to its salient features, besides which the traces of the old rivers spoken of by him are still visible.
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . lOl E of G Wells. Mounds. Farmsteads. — 5 Miles. Sheep-folds. land, although destitute of timber, seems to have been well watered by large rivers, "scarcely less numerous than the canals in ; At present the southern steppes are dried up, and even including the limans on the coast, no longer fed by running waters, there is but a very small number of coast streams. Herodotus, who visited the country, could scarcely have been mistaken as to its salient features, besides which the traces of the old rivers spoken of by him are still visible. Between the Danube and Dniester, and thence to the Bug, parallel river valleys follow in quick succession, but they no longer reach the coast ; they are either entirely or partly dried up, and their lateral gorges are flushed only during the freshets. Local tradition everywhere tells of the disappearance of running waters.
Size: 2876px × 1738px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectgeography, bookyear1883
