The international geography . s. Lakes and Rivers.—While the average proportion of Europe occu-pied by lakes and rivers is onlv 0*5 per cent, of the area, the percentage ofIh3 area of lakes and rivers in Norway is 4, and in Sweden it is as muchas 8. The rivers are frequently broken by picturesque waterfalls. Therivers on the eastern side of the main watershed are of course the long rivers from the southern Norwegian mountains convergeon Christiania Fjord, the Glommen which flows south through the Osterdal,and its tributary from the Gudbrandsdal being the chief. ]\Iany longriver
The international geography . s. Lakes and Rivers.—While the average proportion of Europe occu-pied by lakes and rivers is onlv 0*5 per cent, of the area, the percentage ofIh3 area of lakes and rivers in Norway is 4, and in Sweden it is as muchas 8. The rivers are frequently broken by picturesque waterfalls. Therivers on the eastern side of the main watershed are of course the long rivers from the southern Norwegian mountains convergeon Christiania Fjord, the Glommen which flows south through the Osterdal,and its tributary from the Gudbrandsdal being the chief. ]\Iany longrivers with numerous lakes in their course cross Sweden from west to easttlroughout its whole length. The Klarelf, the greatest Scandinavian river,runs southward to Lake Vener. The depression of the great lakes lies tothe north of the plateau of southern Sweden, from which short streams arereceived bv Lake Vetter, and discharged eastward by the large IMotalariver to thj B iltic. The lakes of this depression are four in number—. Fig. 94.—Portion oft lie Coastof Xorway 70 miles by 40,showing 07er 400 islamis. 200 The International Geography Lake Veiier (2,100 square miles in area, the third greatest lake of Europe) lieson the west, and drains to the Kattegat through the Gotaelf, the continuationof the Klarelf, then Lake Vetter (730 square miles), and north-east of itLakes Hjelmar and Malar draining to the Baltic. On account of their lowelevation and their central position these lakes have been largely utilisedas means of communication by the construction of canals which unitethe lakes to each other and to two seas. They have thus been of tlieutmost service in the material development of Sweden. Climate.—Compared with other northern countries, the climate ofScandinavia is very favourable. On account of its great range of latitudethere is necessarily a marked difference between the south and the north,and on account of exposure to prevailing winds the west has a much milder clim
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