The international geography . ristic part of the gountry, lying in the centre of Hungary 317 the land and bounded by the Carpathians on one side and the LowerDanube on the other. It occupies about 30,000 square miles. The Tisza(Thciss) traverses its greatest length. This plain, appearing as an unend-ing, and for tne most part uniformly flat surface, is not so monotonous as itappears upon a map. Its surface is undulating ; rows of mounds and sand-dunes are frequent, in many places there are deep hollows which are dampand impregnated with alkaline salts, in other parts there are in g
The international geography . ristic part of the gountry, lying in the centre of Hungary 317 the land and bounded by the Carpathians on one side and the LowerDanube on the other. It occupies about 30,000 square miles. The Tisza(Thciss) traverses its greatest length. This plain, appearing as an unend-ing, and for tne most part uniformly flat surface, is not so monotonous as itappears upon a map. Its surface is undulating ; rows of mounds and sand-dunes are frequent, in many places there are deep hollows which are dampand impregnated with alkaline salts, in other parts there are in general the plain is very fertile, ploughed fields stretch to thehorizon, and the immense pasture-grounds are filled with herds of hornedcattle, horses, sheep and swine. The villages, fringed by rows of shadytrees, especially acacias, stand at great distances apart, but arc large andpopulous, and are transversed by State, county and communal roads andrailway lines. Hydrography.—Most of the rivers belong to the Danube system;. Fig. isS.—Thc Chief Canal at the Iron Gates. only two streams having their sources in the High Tatra flow to theVistula. The Danube (Duua), which is the principal waterway ofHungary, traverses the country for almost 600 miles, forming severallarge islands in its course, of which the most important are Csallokozand Szigetkoz between Pozsony and Komdrom, the first formed by abranch on the left, the second by a branch on the right of the mainstream. The island of Szent Endre is above and that of Csepel belowthe capital. The Danube is navigable by steamships; the rocky bed ofthe Iron Gates, which was dangerous to navigation, has been cleared andall obstacles removed by the Hungarian Government. Tributary streamsof the Danube on the left hand are the Morva (forming in part the Austrianboundary), Vag, Garam, Ipoly, Tisza, Temes ; on the right side the Lajta(Leitha), Raba, Kapos, Drave (which receives the Mura) and Save. TheTisza is the one great truly Hungari
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