Central Europe . sof Central Germany sometimes reached as high as 1500or even 2000 feet. Its border followed the edge of thesemountains from Duisburg to the Moravian gap, and alsothat of the Carpathians as far as Sambor. It alsopenetrated far into the interior of the mountains near theThuringian Forest, as far as Gotha and Saalfeld, andalong the Elbe as far as Schandau, as well as deep intosecluded valleys of the Sudetic Mountains. The mostevident effect left upon the landscape by this great spreadof northern ice, is probably the complete levelling ofextensive tracts sheathed by the clay of th
Central Europe . sof Central Germany sometimes reached as high as 1500or even 2000 feet. Its border followed the edge of thesemountains from Duisburg to the Moravian gap, and alsothat of the Carpathians as far as Sambor. It alsopenetrated far into the interior of the mountains near theThuringian Forest, as far as Gotha and Saalfeld, andalong the Elbe as far as Schandau, as well as deep intosecluded valleys of the Sudetic Mountains. The mostevident effect left upon the landscape by this great spreadof northern ice, is probably the complete levelling ofextensive tracts sheathed by the clay of the groundmoraines. The fruitful fields south of Breslau and northof Leipzig were thus produced. But we shall seek in vainalong the southern limits of the northern diluvium fortypical terminal moraines. If they ever existed, theyhave long ago been destroyed again. It is only in a morenorthern portion of Germany that raised morainicformations still persist in the scenery. This region NORTH GERMAN LOWLAND AND SEAS 9i. 92 CENTRAL EUROPE experienced a second invasion of ice, proceeding as beforefrom Scandinavia, which overpowered the German Balticprovinces, but did not progress very far towards the would seem at times to have crossed the southernridges in Silesia and the Mark, but never the retreating steps of this second incursion of ice appearto be marked by broad, eroded valleys worn out by theswelling waters into which the ice dissolved. This second glacial period seems to have lastedspecially long in the Baltic provinces of Germany, onthe summit of the Baltic ridge. Many places along thesouthern border of this ridge, and considerable expansesof its surface, have been formed by curved rows ofgreat terminal moraines. One direct consequence of theirregular outline of surface left behind by the later iceperiod is the abundance of lakes existing on the Balticheights. The circumstance that the latest, and as far as theconformation of the country is concerned, the mos
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