The Rhine, its valley and history . s £:&ll ap f 1 1. STATUE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. OFFENBURG. CHAPTER VI The Neckar and the Main THE steep eastern edge of the broad valley ofthe Upper German Rhine is prolonged fromnear Basle to a point far northward of the endof the Black Forest. There are several distinct sectionsof this edge, for the faults which have let down thebed of the valley have been riven through rocks ofvery varying character, some of which have resisted thedestructive aclion of the weather with more successthan others. From its southern end opposite to Basle,past Freiburg in Breisg
The Rhine, its valley and history . s £:&ll ap f 1 1. STATUE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. OFFENBURG. CHAPTER VI The Neckar and the Main THE steep eastern edge of the broad valley ofthe Upper German Rhine is prolonged fromnear Basle to a point far northward of the endof the Black Forest. There are several distinct sectionsof this edge, for the faults which have let down thebed of the valley have been riven through rocks ofvery varying character, some of which have resisted thedestructive aclion of the weather with more successthan others. From its southern end opposite to Basle,past Freiburg in Breisgau, to the valley of the Kinzigflowing towards Strasburg, the Black Forest presents tothe Rhine a naked edge of granite, whereas the eas-tern slopes down which flow the source streams of theDanube are clad with thick layers of sandstone. North-ward of the Kinzig valley to a point a little beyond BadenBaden the edge of the Rhine depression still belongsto the Black Forest, although in this part it is some-what lower than further south, but the sandst
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