. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 83 than any other in Europe,* traverses the plain in manifold windings. Its islands and channels change with every flood. Its numerous channels, many of them deserted, form a perfect labyrinth, sometimes spreading out for 10 miles. Below the large island of Csepel, upon which Arpad established his camp, the river incessantly encroaches upon its western bank, not only because of the rotation of the earth, but also, it is supposed, in consequence of the prevailing south-easterly wind, known as Kosava to the Servians. Between Peterwardein an
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 83 than any other in Europe,* traverses the plain in manifold windings. Its islands and channels change with every flood. Its numerous channels, many of them deserted, form a perfect labyrinth, sometimes spreading out for 10 miles. Below the large island of Csepel, upon which Arpad established his camp, the river incessantly encroaches upon its western bank, not only because of the rotation of the earth, but also, it is supposed, in consequence of the prevailing south-easterly wind, known as Kosava to the Servians. Between Peterwardein and Belgrad the river annually shifts its bed about 18 inches to the westward. The Lower Drave rivals the Danube in its sinuous course, but of all the rivers of Hungary the Tisza (Theiss) is the most winding. The valley of that Fig. 52.—The Tisza (Theiss). Scale 1 : 350, »^ I n '0 1 of p lis?,chv Orveiiv ! \ f.^ * 'lvo$^/? If V4- éâ. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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