. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . e many lowlands ofwaste material brought down by ice-sheets, or of allu-vium carried by rivers from their sources in the Alps orthe highlands of central pAiro[)e. Examples of suchlowlands are tiie Netherlands, Denmark, southernSweden and the North German Plain. South of this region there lie the Highlands of GENERAL IlIVSICAL CONDITIONS 159 Central Europe, ji belt or zone of ancient plateaus andbasins, where the {greatest complexity exists. To thisbelt belonLj the Meseta, the plateau-core of the IberianPeninsula, the ce
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . e many lowlands ofwaste material brought down by ice-sheets, or of allu-vium carried by rivers from their sources in the Alps orthe highlands of central pAiro[)e. Examples of suchlowlands are tiie Netherlands, Denmark, southernSweden and the North German Plain. South of this region there lie the Highlands of GENERAL IlIVSICAL CONDITIONS 159 Central Europe, ji belt or zone of ancient plateaus andbasins, where the {greatest complexity exists. To thisbelt belonLj the Meseta, the plateau-core of the IberianPeninsula, the central plateau of France, and the com-plicated system of highlands in central and southernGerman) and l^ohemia (see Fig. 47). Some of thesehighlands arc plateaus of upraised blocks of the earthscrust, some are ancient folded mountains which weredenuded to a peneplain and then uplifted, fractured ortilted. We shall find that this complicated highlandsystem is very rich in minerals, for the best coal andmost ores are encountered in ancient rocks where earth ^Cwn^~»ifflUls. xMlOS , Folded RangesW^ Block Afcsd Plateaus ? HI ?«•• CO^ •^?BOa Fig. 47.—The Folded Ranges and Block Mountains ofCentral and Southern Europe. movements and denudation expose mineral deposits andrender mining operations comparatively easy. The third great structural division of Europe is theRussiiUi Plain. This consists of vast horizontal sheetsof ancient sedimentary rocks, which for ages haveremained undisturbed by the forces which in other partsof the Continent have been at work in altering the taceof the land. The Urals are structurally connected withthe North-Western Highlands, for the rocks of thosehighlands pass beneath the sedimentary measures andreapj)ear toform the Urals. The fourth division comprises the Folded Ranges ofSouthern Europe. When the rocks w^ere buckled and i6o EUROPE crumpled to form these mountains, there must havebeen extensive subsidences along the fringes of thefolds.
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