﻿Of 
  THE 
  VALLEY 
  OF 
  THE 
  KHINE. 
  

  

  91 
  

  

  same 
  general 
  outline 
  is 
  seen 
  near 
  Bheineck 
  (fig. 
  9), 
  where 
  the 
  terraced 
  

   form 
  above 
  the 
  river 
  cliff 
  is 
  well 
  preserved. 
  Finally, 
  just 
  about 
  the 
  

  

  View 
  near 
  JtheinecJc. 
  

  

  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  gorge 
  above 
  the 
  Siebengebirge, 
  looking 
  up 
  the 
  river, 
  

   the 
  long 
  hilly 
  slopes 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  are 
  seen 
  descending 
  towards 
  the 
  

   Ehine, 
  as 
  in 
  fig. 
  10, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  terrace 
  («) 
  similar 
  in 
  height 
  and 
  

  

  Fig. 
  10. 
  — 
  View 
  near 
  the 
  Siebengebirge, 
  looking 
  south. 
  

  

  general 
  character 
  to 
  those 
  previously 
  mentioned. 
  In 
  fact 
  from 
  end 
  

   to 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  gorge 
  there 
  are 
  constant 
  recurrences 
  of 
  these 
  forms, 
  

   on 
  approximately 
  corresponding 
  levels 
  above 
  the 
  Ehine, 
  and 
  at 
  other 
  

   elevations 
  besides. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  gorge 
  was 
  being 
  gradually 
  cut 
  out 
  and 
  deepened, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   consequence 
  of 
  this 
  the 
  Ehine, 
  wandering 
  through 
  the 
  plain 
  beyond 
  

   Bingen, 
  by 
  degrees 
  lowered 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  that 
  broad 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   valley; 
  so 
  just 
  in 
  proportion 
  the 
  Maine, 
  the 
  Neckar, 
  the 
  Murg, 
  the 
  

   Kinzig, 
  the 
  Elz, 
  and 
  other 
  tributary 
  rivers 
  also 
  lowered 
  their 
  

   channels 
  : 
  in 
  other 
  words, 
  when 
  the 
  Ehine 
  flowed 
  at 
  a 
  higher 
  level, 
  

   the 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  tributary 
  streams 
  were 
  also 
  proportionately 
  higher 
  ; 
  

   and 
  this 
  remark 
  equally 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Ehine 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gorge, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Lahn, 
  the 
  Moselle, 
  and 
  many 
  

   smaller 
  streams. 
  By 
  this 
  means 
  we 
  arrive 
  at 
  the 
  post-Miocene 
  

   history 
  of 
  the 
  deepening 
  of 
  river- 
  valleys 
  over 
  very 
  large 
  areas 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  reasoning 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Ehine 
  is 
  equally 
  applicable 
  to 
  

   the 
  Danube 
  and 
  other 
  European 
  rivers 
  of 
  equal 
  importance. 
  

  

  One 
  other 
  minor 
  point 
  remains 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ehine. 
  When 
  the 
  great 
  Ehine-glacier, 
  aided 
  by 
  tributary 
  streams 
  

   of 
  ice, 
  spread 
  westward 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  some 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  junc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Ehine 
  and 
  the 
  Aar, 
  vast 
  quantities 
  of 
  moraine-matter 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  shed 
  from 
  its 
  western 
  end 
  or 
  edge. 
  The 
  large 
  

   bodies 
  of 
  water 
  that 
  then 
  flowed 
  from 
  a 
  glacier 
  so 
  enormous 
  

   carried 
  great 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  moraine-matter 
  down 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  