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Rozâlia, a spur of tlie Semmering. Farther south still there are several other 

 spurs of the Styrian Alps, separated by small tributaries of the rivers Raab (Râba) 

 and Mur. 



To the north of Lake Balaton rises the Bakony (2,320 feet), a distinct 

 mountain range, separated from the Alps by a plain of tertiary formation. A few 

 dome-shaped summits rise in it, interspersed by picturesque gorges, filled with 

 ancient lava streams. The axis of the Bakonj^ runs in the same direction as that 



Fig. 46. — Parallel Valley.s to the East of L\ke Balatox. 

 Scale 1 : 345,000. 



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5 Miles. 



of the Western Carpathians and the Viennese Alps. Together with the Yertes and 

 the Pilis (2,477 feet), it forms a transverse range, which forced the Danube to 

 deviate from its normal course. At the north-eastern promontory of the Pilis the 

 river passes through to the defile of Visegrad before it turns south in its course 

 through the plain of Hungary. 



The valleys intersecting these mountains of Western Hungary exhibit a 

 striking parallelism. Rivers and ravines all run from the south-west to the south- 



