THE VALAIS. 
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that of Flims in the valley of the Rhine. It ex- 
tends from Pfyn almost to the mouth of the Liena, 
and has a width of about a mile. It must have 
long dammed up the valley, but is now completely 
cut through both by the Rhone and by several 
tributary streams. The surface is very irregular, in 
many places reaching a height of 70, 80, at Geronde 
even too metres above the river level; further west- 
wards it gradually diminishes. The irregularities of 
surface have given rise to several small lakes, the 
largest of which, a little north of Geronde, is 
450 metres long, too to 150 broad, lies 3 nietres 
below the level of the Rhone, and has a depth of 
8 to 10 metres. The banks are very steep. The 
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