. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. !>)3,542,61, New South Australia Western Total for Auslra->lian ) 1,825,692 9,76iG71 31,762,487 35,738,295 36,407,428 E. A.) AUSTRIA AUSTEIA, or more strictly Austrta-Hungaey ( and Oesterreich-Ungarn), is an extensivecountry in the southern portion of Central Europe, lyingbetween long. 9° and 26 E., and lat. 42 and 51° N. It thusextends through 17 degiees of longitude and 9 degrees oflatitude, and has an area
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. !>)3,542,61, New South Australia Western Total for Auslra->lian ) 1,825,692 9,76iG71 31,762,487 35,738,295 36,407,428 E. A.) AUSTRIA AUSTEIA, or more strictly Austrta-Hungaey ( and Oesterreich-Ungarn), is an extensivecountry in the southern portion of Central Europe, lyingbetween long. 9° and 26 E., and lat. 42 and 51° N. It thusextends through 17 degiees of longitude and 9 degrees oflatitude, and has an area of about 240,000 English squaremiles. With the exception of the islands in the Adriatic,and the narrow projecting tract of Dalmatia, it forms acompact region of country, but of an irregular shape. Itis surrounded on all sides by other countries, except whereit borders upon the Adriatic, which is about one-fifth <^the entire extent of its boundaries Of the rest, about one-third on the W. and N. is formed by the German empire(Bavaria, Saxony, and Prussia), a tliird on the S. and Sketch Map of Austria. ty the Turkish empire and the Danubian Principalities,and the remaining third by Eussia on the andSwitzerland and Italy on the The boundaries areformed in some parts by river courses, in others by moun-tain ranges, and sometimes they extend through an opencountry. As compared with France, Austria has a formiearly as compact, but its frontiers are by no means sowell defined or so strongly protected by natural ranks third in extent among the countries of Europe(after Russia and Sweden), and fourth in point of popula-tion (after Russia, the German empire, and France).. 1 Austria is, after Switzerland, the most mountainouscountry of Europe, and about four-fifths of its entire areaia more than 600 feet above the level of the sea. Themountains are frequently covered with vegetation to a greatelevation. At the base are found vines and maize; onthe lower slop
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