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()— 8 m. below sea-level. The other sounds are also of the same 

 nature. 



Streams. In all the valleys there are streams and collections 

 of water, none of which however attain to any considerable size on 

 account of the short distances. The numerous small streams are 



I'i}> 9. Siideri). Kvanhaitgen seen from the lake. Showing the steep, but gently sloping' clilT, at the top 

 the vertical basalt rocks. (After a photograph by Warming). 



fairly full of water, at least at times, and have an appreciable effect 

 on the mountain slopes and the bottom of the valleys, as they 

 carry down great quantities of débris and sand which accumulate 

 in the latter (Fig. 9) and at the heads of the fjords, the shores of which 

 are therefore sandy and flat (Fig. 7), while at some piaces, e. g. at Sands 

 on Sando such quantities of sand have accumulated as to have been 

 formed by the wind into small downs (Fig. 3). The lower courses 



