. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. '^V^â â¢"'f'iVâ¢â¢â¢Â«^^'â â¢'(^''â¢â \'â¢.' V. '⢠./° â !".â¢:'V^s^^î^ ". oV .⢠^.° ^^^' 0°;-,; 0 .* '.. ^":-.,-. â * â â '. â ''â '.'â 'â *⢠''^^^^^^> 53° 40- West c F Greenwich 53° 10' IS Miles. of the two forks is only 650 feet above sea-level ; hence in its descent through successive terraces to the coast the Maroni is interrupted by no cataracts of great height. The rocky barriers which at intervals dam up the stream, and which form so many reaches with scarcely perceptible current, have been eroded so as
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. '^V^â â¢"'f'iVâ¢â¢â¢Â«^^'â â¢'(^''â¢â \'â¢.' V. '⢠./° â !".â¢:'V^s^^î^ ". oV .⢠^.° ^^^' 0°;-,; 0 .* '.. ^":-.,-. â * â â '. â ''â '.'â 'â *⢠''^^^^^^> 53° 40- West c F Greenwich 53° 10' IS Miles. of the two forks is only 650 feet above sea-level ; hence in its descent through successive terraces to the coast the Maroni is interrupted by no cataracts of great height. The rocky barriers which at intervals dam up the stream, and which form so many reaches with scarcely perceptible current, have been eroded so as to form a series of natural sluices, through which the river descends in sheets of foam, small cascades, or falls of slight elevation. At the Hermina (Aramina) Falls, 50 miles from the sea, the Maroni descends a total height of 15 or 16 feet, in a distance of about half a mile. Beyond this point its course is free from all obstruction, and accessible to steamers of some size. Here the river flows between two wooded banks, 3,000 to 5,000 feet apart, and at its mouth forms a bar 16 feet deep at low Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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