6 GEOGRAPHY. 



Middle Europe, consisting of : or, the Cevennes in France, Mont d'Or (6200 

 feet) the highest point ; 6, the Jura, divided into the Swiss, the French, and 

 the Suabian ; c, the Middle Rhenish Mountains, divided into the Yosges or 

 the Wasgau Mountains, with the Hardtgebirge and the Donnersberg on the 

 left bank of the Rhine, the Schwarzwald (Feldberg 4675 feet high), the 

 Odenwald, and the Spessart, on the right bank of the Rhine ; c?, the moun- 

 tains in the north Germany and Belgium region, including the Ardennes, 

 the Argonnerwald, the Eifel, the Hohewald and Hundsriick, the Sieben- 

 gebirge, the Westerwald, Mount Taunus, the Rothhaargebirge, the Teuto- 

 burgerwald, and the Hartz ; e, the Hessian Mountains (with the Rhoen, 3484 

 feet) ; the Meisner, the Yogelsgebirge, and the Habichtswald : /, the Bohe- 

 mian Mountains, divided into the Fichtelgebirge, the Thuringerwald, the 

 Frankenwald. the Erzgebirge, with the Mittelgebirge and the Saxonian 

 Switzerland, the Lusatian Mountains, the Riesengebirge, the Sudetes, the 

 mountains constituting the boundary between Bohemia and Moravia, and the 

 Boehmerwald. 



VII. The mountains of Great Britain attaining a height of 3557 feet in 

 Snowdon (Wales), and 4380 in Ben Nevis (Scotland). The highest moun- 

 tains in England are Cross Fell in Cumberland (3383), Helvyllen (3313), and 

 Skiddaw (3083). The highest in Ireland is Curran Tual in the County Kerry 

 (3412). Other prominent members of the mountain group of Great Britain^ 

 are the Cheviot Hills, the Pentland Hills, Lead Hills, the Peak Mountain, the 

 Grampians, &c. 



VIII. The Scandinavian Movntains extend from the southern point of 

 Norway over a length of nearly one thousand miles to the North Cape. The 

 highest points are the Skagestoltind, 8101 feet high, and Sneehattan 8120. 



The principal of the numerous Promontories and Capes of Europe are : 1, 

 the North Cape, the most northern point of Europe, and situated on an 

 island ; 2, Cape Lindesnas, the southern point of Norway ; 3, Arcona, the 

 most northern point of Germany (on the Island of Riigen) ; 4, Skagen or 

 Skagenshorn, the northern point of Jutland ; 5, Duncansby Head, the north- 

 ern point of Scotland ; 6, Land's-End, the southern point of England ; 7^ 

 Cape de la Roca in Portugal, the most western point in Europe ; 8, Cape 

 St. Vincent, the south-western point of Europe ; 9, Tarifa, not far from 

 Gibraltar, the most southern point of Europe ; 10, Cape delle Armi and 

 Cape Spartivento, the southern point of the Italian mainland ; 11, Cape 

 Santa Maria di Leuca and Cape d'Otranto, the south-eastern points of 

 Italy ; 12, Cape Peloro, Cape Passaro, and Cape Boco, the three points of 

 Sicily ; 13, Cape Linguetta and Actium on the west coast of Greece ; 14, 

 the promontories of Gallo, Matapan, and St. Angelo, on the south side of the 

 Morea ; 15, Colonna (the ancient Sunium) on the south-eastern side of 

 Greece. 



The most important Valleys, Plains, and howlands of Europe, are as 

 follows : 1, the valley of the Po, included between the chains of the Alps ; 

 2, the valleys of the Rhone and Danube, united by the lowlands of the Aar 

 and the Rhine. Portions of these are : a, from the Lake of Geneva to the 

 Lake of Constance ; 6, from the Lake of Constance to Linz (the former is 

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