. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 246 RUSSIA IN EUEOPE. Silesia and Poznania belongs to the "Warta basin—that is, to the Oder—while the province of Suwalki, in the north-east, is comprised in the Niémen basin. All the rest of the land is watered by the Vistula, the ]N"arev, the Bug-, and their affluents. On entering Poland the Vistula, or Visla, is already a noble stream, navigable for craft of considerable draught, and from 820 to 1,300 feet wide. Enlarged by the San, on the Austrian frontier, and farther down by the Wieprz, Pilica, and Bug, it discharges a mean volume
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 246 RUSSIA IN EUEOPE. Silesia and Poznania belongs to the "Warta basin—that is, to the Oder—while the province of Suwalki, in the north-east, is comprised in the Niémen basin. All the rest of the land is watered by the Vistula, the ]N"arev, the Bug-, and their affluents. On entering Poland the Vistula, or Visla, is already a noble stream, navigable for craft of considerable draught, and from 820 to 1,300 feet wide. Enlarged by the San, on the Austrian frontier, and farther down by the Wieprz, Pilica, and Bug, it discharges a mean volume of at least 27,000 cubic feet per second before reaching Prussian territory, beyond which it receives no further tributaries of any size. Thanks to this water highway, the Poles are able to ship for Dantzic their timber, cereals, and produce of all kinds. Poland abounds in prehistoric remains of the various stone, bronze, and iron ages. The Bug and Vistula valleys w^ere naturally followed by the migratory Fig. 117.—The Lysa Gora Range. Scale 1 : 445,000. Eof- P -^^mw. r^-i0. 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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