. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 0 to Fathoms. 2,000 to 2,500 Fathoms. Depths. 3,000 to 3 500 Fathoms. 3,500 to 4,000 Fathoms. 4,00U Fathoms and upwards. 12 Miles. of which exceed 500 fathoms except the passage between the Virgin Islands and Sombrero, and the two channels north and south of Martinique. But the sub- marine bank on which the islands rest falls rapidly towards the Atlantic, where the 2,000-fathom line is scarcely anywhere more than 20 miles from the insular groups. The deepest cavity yet revealed in the whole of the Atlantic occurs at a point due north of Puerto Rico, w
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 0 to Fathoms. 2,000 to 2,500 Fathoms. Depths. 3,000 to 3 500 Fathoms. 3,500 to 4,000 Fathoms. 4,00U Fathoms and upwards. 12 Miles. of which exceed 500 fathoms except the passage between the Virgin Islands and Sombrero, and the two channels north and south of Martinique. But the sub- marine bank on which the islands rest falls rapidly towards the Atlantic, where the 2,000-fathom line is scarcely anywhere more than 20 miles from the insular groups. The deepest cavity yet revealed in the whole of the Atlantic occurs at a point due north of Puerto Rico, where the soundings have recorded a depth of 4,560 fathoms. Catchment Basins. Of the two great inland basins, the Gulf is about one-sixth smaller and very much shallower than the Caribbean Sea. Were its level to be suddenly lowered
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