8\ GEOGRAPHY. 



Segura, Xucar Guadalaviar, Ebro, and Llobregat ; 2, on the soutli coast of 

 France, the Rhone and the Var ; 3, on the west coast of Italy, the Arno, 

 Ombrone, Tiber, Garigliano, Yolturno, Sele ; 4, into the Adriatic : Osanto, 

 Metauro, Po, Etsch, Bacchiglione, Brenta, Piave, Taghamento ; on the east 

 coast of Italy, Isonzo in Illyria, Kerka and Narenta in Dalmatia, Drin in 

 Turkey ; 5, into the Sea of Ionia : Acheron, Achelous, Alpheus, Eurotas, 

 Inachus ; 6, into the Egsean Sea : Cephissus, Asopus, Sperchius, Peneus, 

 Haliakmon, Axius, Strymon, Nestus, and Hebrus. 



IX. Into the Black Sea empty the Danube, with its numerous tributaries 

 (to the right, Iller, Lech, Isar, Inn, Traun, Ens, Raab, Drau, Sau, Morawa ; 

 to the left, Wernitz, Altmiihl, Naab, Regen, March, Gran, Theiss, Aluta, 

 Sereth, Pruth), the Dniester and the Dnieper, and between these the Bug ; the 

 Don alone empties into the Sea of Azof. 



The numerous inland Lakes of Europe most generally discharge their 

 waters into the sea through rivers. The largest are the Lakes Ladoga, 

 Onega, and Peipus, in Russia ; Wener and Wetter in Sweden ; the Platten 

 and Neusiedler Lakes in Hungary. Lakes are most abundant in upper Italy 

 and Switzerland (the Rhone flows through the Lake of Geneva, and the Rhine 

 drains most of the other lakes). 



The largest Islands of Europe are Great Britain, with about 69,000 

 square geographical miles, Ireland with about 32,000, and Iceland with about 

 28,000 square miles ; all these lie in the Atlantic Ocean. In addition there 

 are : 1, in the Artie Ocean, various Norwegian Islands, among them the 

 Loffodens ; 2, in the xAtlantic, the Faroes, the Shetland Islands, the Ork- 

 neys and the Hebrides to the north and west of Scotland ; the Scilly Islands, 

 the Isles of Man and of Anglesea ; 3, in the English Channel the Isle of 

 Wight, and the Norman islands, Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney ; 4, 

 in the North Sea, the islands at the mouth of the Scheld along the coasts 

 of Holland and Germany (Texel, Terschelling, Amelang, Norderney, Helgo- 

 land, &c.), also various Danish islands, Fohr, Sylt, &-c. ; 5, Laessoe and 

 Anholt in the Cattegat ; 6, in the Baltic, the Danish islands, Fiinen, 

 Seeland, Laaland, Moen, Langeland, Falster, Bornholm, Alsen, &c. ; the 

 German islands of Riigen, Usedom, and Wollin, the Swedish islands of 

 Aland and Gottland; the Russian islands of Aland, as also of Oesel and 

 Dagoe ; T, in the Mediterranean Sea : Ivica, Minorca and Majorca, Corsica, 

 Sardinia, Elba, Capri, Ischia, Procida, Sicily, the Lipari and ^gadian 

 Islands, Malta with Gozzo and Comino ; 8, in the Adriatic Sea : Cherso, 

 Veglio, and many islands belonging to Dalmatia ; the islands of Tremiti on 

 the east coast of Italy ; 9, in the Ionian Sea, the Ionian Islands, Corfu, 

 Zante, Cephalonia, Theaki, Santa Maura, Paxo, and Cerigo ; 10, in the Egaean 

 Sea, Candia, Egina, Hydra, Spezzia, Euboea, the Cyclades, Lemnos (now 

 Staliraene), &c. 



The dotted lines ( ) on the Physical Chart of Europe {pi. 1), are 



isothermals ; in other words, lines connecting places having the same mean 

 temperature throughout the year. At the right hand side of the map the 

 corresponding degrees of temperature are represented according to the 

 scale of Reaumur, that of Celsius being employed to the left hand. The 

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