Europe : — a popular Physical Sketch. 



Ortler,... ... ... ... 12,907 feet. 



Gross Glockner, ... ... ...... ... ... 1-3,332 



Terglon, 9920 



SteinerAlp, ,. ... 10,986 



The most celebrated mountain passes are : — : 



ColdeTende, ... ... 6080feet. 



Col de Genevre ... ... 6504 



Cenis, ... .... ... 6826 



Grand Bernard, ... ... ... 8213 



Simplon, ... ... ... ... 6613 



St. Gothard, ... ... 6826 



Spliigen, ... ... ... ... 6933 



Stilfser Joch, 9173 



Brenner, ... ... ... ... 4693 



Semmering, 3306 



The highest parts of the Alps are nearer the southern 

 extremity, and upon the whole are much steeper than on 

 the northern, from which proceeds a huge terrace, the Ba- 

 varian table land, elevated about 1706 feet above the sea. 



Considerable longitudinal valleys are found in the Alps, 

 for instance Wallis, the upper part of the Inn-valley, Veltlin ; 

 but a greater number still of transverse valleys, as Val 

 d'Ossola, the Levantine valley, the Adige valley, on the 

 south side ; the valleys of Hasli, Reuss, Iller, Lech, and 

 Salza, on the north side ; from the east proceed the large 

 valleys which are Watered by the rivers Mur, Drau, Gail, 

 and Sau ; from the south-west the Tinea valley. 



The Alps send forth four capital rivers; the Po, from 

 the maritime Alps,* after receiving nearly all the rivers 

 from the south terminates in the Adriatic ; the Rhine from 

 the north takes a northerly course through the central 

 European mountains, to the North sea ; the Rhone, also 

 from the north, follows the western side of the Alps to 



* The western Alps. 



