. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Sands exposea at low water. Depths. 5 to 25 Fathoms. 25 to 50 Fathoms. 3 Miles. upper Tuyra and lower Atrato valleys, Wyse, however, has shown that this depression has no existence, and that the Tihule Pass, lowest of the range, is nearly 540 feet high. The canal, 140 miles long, would have required 22 locks, a tunnel 2,200 yards in length and much dredging about the Atrato estuary. All the other schemes of canalisation in this region suffer from the same inconvenience of having to enter the Atlantic by the Atrato, which is certainly deep enough for the lar
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Sands exposea at low water. Depths. 5 to 25 Fathoms. 25 to 50 Fathoms. 3 Miles. upper Tuyra and lower Atrato valleys, Wyse, however, has shown that this depression has no existence, and that the Tihule Pass, lowest of the range, is nearly 540 feet high. The canal, 140 miles long, would have required 22 locks, a tunnel 2,200 yards in length and much dredging about the Atrato estuary. All the other schemes of canalisation in this region suffer from the same inconvenience of having to enter the Atlantic by the Atrato, which is certainly deep enough for the largest vessels, but which is separated from the sea by muddy bars. One of the plans, studied by Trautwine in 1852, and again by Porter, Kennish, Michler, Craven, and other engineers, follows the course of the Truando,
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