. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 66 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. engineering work of importance dates back to the third century, and for it we are indebted to the Romans. It is known as the Canal of Probus, and partially drains the swamps to the south of the Fruska Gora.* But whilst one portion of the country has a superabundance of water, another portion suffers from the want of it. The hills sloping down towards the Save are as cavernous as are those facing the Adriatic. Nowhere are underground river Fig. 41.âThe Caverns of Postoina (Adelsberg). Scale 1 : 120,000. 11° 50 E Of Pans JcLCO^O
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 66 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. engineering work of importance dates back to the third century, and for it we are indebted to the Romans. It is known as the Canal of Probus, and partially drains the swamps to the south of the Fruska Gora.* But whilst one portion of the country has a superabundance of water, another portion suffers from the want of it. The hills sloping down towards the Save are as cavernous as are those facing the Adriatic. Nowhere are underground river Fig. 41.âThe Caverns of Postoina (Adelsberg). Scale 1 : 120,000. 11° 50 E Of Pans JcLCO^O Vt/X 'tZÃ"^'*m. SCALE SuhUrrovenn course of the â Pinko and Caverns channels more numerous than in the range of the Kapella, between Zengg and Ogulin. Many villages are dependent upon cisterns for their water, although voluminous rivers flow through inaccessible caverns beneath them. After heavy rains, and when the snows melt, these rivers appear on the surface, and sometimes * Total length of the Save, 660 miles ; area of its catchment basin, 33,990 sq. miles; difference between high and low water, 31 feet; discharge per second below the Drinaâin summer, 24,900 cubic feet; when in flood, 144,000 ; average, 39,500 cubic feet (Zomberg, " Regulirung des Saveflusses").. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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