. Europe and other continents . >^ JUSG 1 K 1TN f \. Fig. and vicinity. 296 EUROPE Chemnitz, near by, has important textile industries; andHalle and Magdeburg, farther to the northwest, and in thecentre of the chief beet-growing area, are extensively engagedin the manufacture of sugar. Breslau, only a little smaller than Leipzig, is on a navi-gable river, and has the advantage of being near a very rich coal and ironfield. It is, there-fore, a greatmanufacturingcity, and its sit-uation near thefrontier makesit an importantmarket for east-ern and centralEurope. Seaports.—Hamburg,wh
. Europe and other continents . >^ JUSG 1 K 1TN f \. Fig. and vicinity. 296 EUROPE Chemnitz, near by, has important textile industries; andHalle and Magdeburg, farther to the northwest, and in thecentre of the chief beet-growing area, are extensively engagedin the manufacture of sugar. Breslau, only a little smaller than Leipzig, is on a navi-gable river, and has the advantage of being near a very rich coal and ironfield. It is, there-fore, a greatmanufacturingcity, and its sit-uation near thefrontier makesit an importantmarket for east-ern and centralEurope. Seaports.—Hamburg,which is largerthan St. Louis,is the secondcity in Germany, and the most important seaport on thecontinent. The reasons for this are clear when it is knownthat the estuary of the Elbe (Fig. 196) makes an excel-lent harbor, usually free from ice, and that Germany hasan extensive foreign trade. Name some articles whichthat port probably receives from the United water connections has Hamburg with the in-terior ? Bremen and Stettin also admit
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