. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 5 Milea. Babia Gora, or "Women's Mountain," rising to an altitude of 5,644 feet. We are approaching the most elevated mountain mass of the Carpathians. This is the Tâtra, which rises about 30 miles to the south of the normal axis of the Carpathians, between the valleys of the Yag and the Arva on the west, and those of the Poprad and the Donjec on the east. If these valleys were to be dammed up, a lake almost surrounding the Tâtra would be formed, and only a narrow neck of land would connect it with the mountains in the interior of Hungary. Though
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 5 Milea. Babia Gora, or "Women's Mountain," rising to an altitude of 5,644 feet. We are approaching the most elevated mountain mass of the Carpathians. This is the Tâtra, which rises about 30 miles to the south of the normal axis of the Carpathians, between the valleys of the Yag and the Arva on the west, and those of the Poprad and the Donjec on the east. If these valleys were to be dammed up, a lake almost surrounding the Tâtra would be formed, and only a narrow neck of land would connect it with the mountains in the interior of Hungary. Though far exceeding all other mountains of Hungary in height, the -Tâtra cannot compare with the Alps, and none of its summits pierce the region of perennial snow. In some sheltered crevasses patches of snow may indeed be seen
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