. A complete geography. veted them. But as neither ofthe Great Powers was will-ing that one of the othersshould hold them, littleDenmark has been allowedto continue its independentexistence. The rugged surface andsevere climate of Scandi-navia have also served asa protection against invad-ers. From its southern toits northern end the penin-sular is mountainous. Itis an ancient mountainland (p. 338), much worn,and cut by deep streamvalleys. While some peaksreach an elevation of sixto eight thousand feet,most of them are lowerand of so nearly the sameheight that the upland re-sembles a plateau w
. A complete geography. veted them. But as neither ofthe Great Powers was will-ing that one of the othersshould hold them, littleDenmark has been allowedto continue its independentexistence. The rugged surface andsevere climate of Scandi-navia have also served asa protection against invad-ers. From its southern toits northern end the penin-sular is mountainous. Itis an ancient mountainland (p. 338), much worn,and cut by deep streamvalleys. While some peaksreach an elevation of sixto eight thousand feet,most of them are lowerand of so nearly the sameheight that the upland re-sembles a plateau when viewed across the Inountain crests. Theboundary between Norway and Sweden follows the divide betweenthe east and west flowing streams ; and since the mountains descendsteeply into the ocean on the western side, those streams which flowtoward the west are the shorter. Therefore, in all but the southernpart, Norway is a narrow, mountainous region crossed by shortstreams flowing in deep, steep-sided valleys (Fig. 417).. Fig. 417. A NorwegiaD fjord with steep cliffs rising from tlievery waters edge. NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK 401 Agricultural Districts. — The mountainous surface and cold cli-mate are unfavorable to agriculture, although the warm ocean waters(p. 342) exert an enormous influence here, as in the British rising over the mountains, the westerly winds supply abundantrain and snow, and it is the later which causes the numerous glaciers. Since the slope on the eastern side is much the longer, Swedenhas extensive lowlands throughout its length. But these lowlandsare so far north, and so protected from the influence of the sea, thatin all but the southern part agriculture is of little importance. ^^^™ i^pl JS:-^-^ ^^?v^a:- ;:^;/^U|^ric ^^?^^-J> «^ > i ^^)^ -:. ^ ^ >..- - Fig. , Norway, Tvith its deep, narrow fjord harbor. Although Denmark is free from mountains, the northern andwestern portion of the Danish peninsula (called Jutland) is
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