The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 460 THE NETHEELANDS. liejo-lit. When a gale blows the waves invade the island, and onl}' the seven artificial mounds upon which the inhabitants have erected their dwellings rise above the waters. The floods caused by rivers are almost as formidable as those resulting from irruptions of the sea. When the rivers are in flood they rise high above the Fig. 2-J5.—The Peninsula of Holland. Scale 1 : 600,000. 10 Miles. fields which extend on either side of the dykes that confine them. At Utrecht, af
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 460 THE NETHEELANDS. liejo-lit. When a gale blows the waves invade the island, and onl}' the seven artificial mounds upon which the inhabitants have erected their dwellings rise above the waters. The floods caused by rivers are almost as formidable as those resulting from irruptions of the sea. When the rivers are in flood they rise high above the Fig. 2-J5.—The Peninsula of Holland. Scale 1 : 600,000. 10 Miles. fields which extend on either side of the dykes that confine them. At Utrecht, after continual westerly winds, the Lek rises 18 feet above the pavement of the streets. In winter, when the ice breaks up, the dykes sometimes yield to the pressure to which they are exposed, and extensive tracts are flooded. Amongst the geological agencies operative in the Netherlands the subsidence of the land appears to be one of the most formidable. Peat bogs have been dis-
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