Europe of to-day . upthe Adige Valley past Trent; at Bozen it follows the valleyof the Isarco (or Eisack) tributary of the Adige, and fromthe head of this valley crosses by the Brenner Pass to thevalley of the Inn at Innsbruck. From Innsbruck routesgo westward up the Inn Valley and thence by the Arl-berg tunnel to the Rhine above Lake Constance, andeastward down the Inn Valley to Munich. The last Italian centre from which the Alps may becrossed is Trieste. A winding railway route leads acrossthe southern Alpine ranges to the valley of the Drave ;here there is a low basin-like hollow in which t
Europe of to-day . upthe Adige Valley past Trent; at Bozen it follows the valleyof the Isarco (or Eisack) tributary of the Adige, and fromthe head of this valley crosses by the Brenner Pass to thevalley of the Inn at Innsbruck. From Innsbruck routesgo westward up the Inn Valley and thence by the Arl-berg tunnel to the Rhine above Lake Constance, andeastward down the Inn Valley to Munich. The last Italian centre from which the Alps may becrossed is Trieste. A winding railway route leads acrossthe southern Alpine ranges to the valley of the Drave ;here there is a low basin-like hollow in which the town ofKlagenfurt is situated. From the Klagenfurt hollow arailway goes westward up the Drave valley, and past theheadwaters of this stream it follows the Rienz, whichflows westward along a continuation of the same valleyinto the Isarco. From Klagenfurt the same line iscontinued eastward down the Drave valley and so into theplain of Hungary. The line reaching the Klagenfurt CENTRAL EUROPE—SOUTHERN SECTION loi. 102 EUROPE OF TO-DAY hollow from Trieste is continued northward across themountains to the valley of the Mur, which it followseastward to the town of Bruck. Although Bruck is a small town, it is an importantroute-centre. Here the river Mur turns sharply, and,followed by a railway, runs southward past Graz to jointhe Drave in the Hungarian plain. At Bruck, too, asmall tributary of the Mur called the Miirz joins thelarger river, and the railway from the Klagenfurt de-pression continues north-eastward up the Miirz Valleyand across the Semmering Pass to Vienna. Finally,north-westward from Bruck a line goes past Eisenerzinto the valley of the Enns and up this valley into thatof the Salzach and thence to the Inn. The last-mentioned route is worth special notice, forit runs from end to end of Austria from Vienna on theeast, across the Semmering Pass through the mountainouscountry by an almost continuous line of valleys to Switzer-land. The south-eastern part of the Alps mer
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