. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. GLACIAL ACTION—THE ÂSAK. 87 Glacial Action.—The Àsar. "With the fiords of the west correspond the lakes of the east side of the penin- sula. A subsidence of the land would transform them to salt-water inlets, just as an upheaval would change the Norwegian fiords to lakes. There are even many valleys intersecting the Kjolen and the South Norwegian plateaux which are Fig. 43.—The Hallebokg and Hills. Scale 1 : 200, Forests aboundinrj in erraUc blocLs —-^ . 2 Miles. occupied at certain intervals by marshes and lakelets, apparentl
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. GLACIAL ACTION—THE ÂSAK. 87 Glacial Action.—The Àsar. "With the fiords of the west correspond the lakes of the east side of the penin- sula. A subsidence of the land would transform them to salt-water inlets, just as an upheaval would change the Norwegian fiords to lakes. There are even many valleys intersecting the Kjolen and the South Norwegian plateaux which are Fig. 43.—The Hallebokg and Hills. Scale 1 : 200, Forests aboundinrj in erraUc blocLs —-^ . 2 Miles. occupied at certain intervals by marshes and lakelets, apparently survivals of a former strait connecting the fiords on both sides. Such is the Lesjeskogen-vand Lake, 2,044 feet above sea-level, whence flow two streams, the Rauma to the north- west to the Molde-fiord, and the Lougen, south-east through the great Mjosen to the Gulf of Christiania. Many of these lakes have preserved their fiord-like character, and one of them, the Hveningdals-vand, has a depth of 1,600 feet, or 1,418 below the 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
Size: 1584px × 1577px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectgeography, bookyear1883
