. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 1 Mile. of the gulf and on the coast of Esthonia, while smaller detritus arrives in such quantities as to palpably modify the outlines of the coast and creeks in a few years. The traces of glacier action are still plainly visible even in the general aspect of the land. There are few geological areas better marked by the parallelism of the valleys debouching on either side of the Gulf of Bothnia. All the Scan- dinavian rivers run north-west and south-east ; all those of Finland south-east and north-west. They move in opposite directions, but on closely corre
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 1 Mile. of the gulf and on the coast of Esthonia, while smaller detritus arrives in such quantities as to palpably modify the outlines of the coast and creeks in a few years. The traces of glacier action are still plainly visible even in the general aspect of the land. There are few geological areas better marked by the parallelism of the valleys debouching on either side of the Gulf of Bothnia. All the Scan- dinavian rivers run north-west and south-east ; all those of Finland south-east and north-west. They move in opposite directions, but on closely corresponding lines along the axis of all the elongated lakes in the granitic valleys of Finland.
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