. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... ^. STATE OF TopOffVdJjIiy.—Illinois has been very appropriately calledthe Prairie State. Next after I^ouisiana and Delaware it isthe most level State in the Union, and fully one-third of itswhole area is composed of high, level, grassy plains. The av-erage elevation of these above tide-water is not over 500 Cairo, the extreme southern angle of the State, the elevationof the land is only 340 or 350 feet above the Gulf of Mexico;and at Chicago, in the northeastern section, the elevation of thebusiness portion o
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... ^. STATE OF TopOffVdJjIiy.—Illinois has been very appropriately calledthe Prairie State. Next after I^ouisiana and Delaware it isthe most level State in the Union, and fully one-third of itswhole area is composed of high, level, grassy plains. The av-erage elevation of these above tide-water is not over 500 Cairo, the extreme southern angle of the State, the elevationof the land is only 340 or 350 feet above the Gulf of Mexico;and at Chicago, in the northeastern section, the elevation of thebusiness portion of the city is only 592 feet above the hio-hest land in the State is in the northwestern corner, where, between Freeportand Galena, the extreme elevation is 1,150 feet above the sea. Its extreme lengthnorth and south is 385 miles; extreme width east and west, 218 miles. The Wabash,Ohio and Mississippi rivers form part of the eastern and southern and all of the west-ern boundary lines, thus giving the State immense frontage on navigable waters. Climate.—The climate is
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