. Europe and other continents . A USTRIA-H UNGAE Y 327 Russia, Austria receiving the smallest share and Russiathe largest. Austria-Hungary is one of the most mountainous coun-tries in Europe. It includes the eastern half of the Alps(Fig. 218), besides several other ranges. These moun-tains together form a circle enclosing a broad plain(Fig. 219), through which the Danube River flows. Attwo points this circle is completely broken : once nearVienna, where the Danube enters the great Hungarian. Fig. Danube where it flows through the Hungarian plain. plain (Figs. 200 and 225), and again on
. Europe and other continents . A USTRIA-H UNGAE Y 327 Russia, Austria receiving the smallest share and Russiathe largest. Austria-Hungary is one of the most mountainous coun-tries in Europe. It includes the eastern half of the Alps(Fig. 218), besides several other ranges. These moun-tains together form a circle enclosing a broad plain(Fig. 219), through which the Danube River flows. Attwo points this circle is completely broken : once nearVienna, where the Danube enters the great Hungarian. Fig. Danube where it flows through the Hungarian plain. plain (Figs. 200 and 225), and again on the southeasternboundary, where the river leaves the plain. The Danube Valley is the great trade route of Austria-Hungary, since it offers the best passageway through themountains. The fact that the river is navigable fromGermany to its mouth adds greatly to the value of thisroute. On the southeastern border, where the riverpasses through the mountains in a deep gorge (Fig. 220),there is a point, known as the Iron Gate, where thewater flows with rapid current; but a ship canal, cut onone side of the river, now leads around these rapids. 328 ECHOPE ,»M ^^^mm W ■ i ■ ■*■ IHI ■ .-•■■ ■-■■ -^ !!K ~ Transportation is all the more confined to the riverroute because of the peculiar coast line of Austria-Hun-gary. Although the country is next in size to Russia among Europeannations, it hasonly a smallamount of itslength. Thereare numerousharbors, to bes
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