. The earth and its inhabitants .. . vers of Continental Europe, those of Great Britain are inferiorin lenffth of course, volume, and the extent of the basins they drain ; but when weconsider the facilities they ofier for navigation, those of England, at all events, • Culminating summits in Ireland : — North-eastem highlands, Slieve Donard (Moume) 2,796 feet. North-western highlands, Errigal (Donegal) 2,466 ,, Western highlands, Muilrea (Mayo) 2,688 „ South-eastern highlands, Lugnaquilla (Wicklow) 3,039 „ South-western highlands, Carrantuohill (Kerry) 3,414 „ 16 THE BRITISH ISLES. are to be pr
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . vers of Continental Europe, those of Great Britain are inferiorin lenffth of course, volume, and the extent of the basins they drain ; but when weconsider the facilities they ofier for navigation, those of England, at all events, • Culminating summits in Ireland : — North-eastem highlands, Slieve Donard (Moume) 2,796 feet. North-western highlands, Errigal (Donegal) 2,466 ,, Western highlands, Muilrea (Mayo) 2,688 „ South-eastern highlands, Lugnaquilla (Wicklow) 3,039 „ South-western highlands, Carrantuohill (Kerry) 3,414 „ 16 THE BRITISH ISLES. are to be preferred. Rising in hills and uplands of moderate elevation, theyare less exposed to changes of level and floods than continental rivers whose sourceslie in rocky mountains, covered during part of the year with masses of and Scotland are less favourably situated in this respect. Their rivers,unlike those of England, rise amongst elevated hills, and traverse narrow Fig. 10 —The Eiver Basins of the British valleys, their rapid course being often impeded by ledges of rocks. The rain runsquickly off the impervious rocks which occupy the greater part of their drainagebasins, and hence they are liable to sudden overflowings. All this renders themunfit for navigation. The rivers of Ireland resemble those of England, in as faras they generally flow through a flat country, are rarely rapid, and seldom inter-rupted by cataracts; but they difier from them in frequently traversing lakes. CLIMATE. 17 The largest of these is Lough Neagh, which covers an area of 156 square miles,whilst Loch Lomond, the most extensive Highland lake, only spreads over size is not beauty, and few of the lakes of Ireland can compare withthose of the Highlands and the Cumbrian hills in their picturesque even the largest of the Irish lakes is insignificant if we contrast it with thevast sheets of fresh water met with in other countries, more especially in NorthA
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