The Mediterranean Illustrated. Picturesque Views and Descriptions of Its Cities, Shores and Islands. by the Author of "The Buried Cities of Campania" [W. H. D. Adams], Etc
The Mediterranean Illustrated. Picturesque Views and Descriptions of Its Cities, Shores and Islands. by the Author of "The Buried Cities of Campania" [W. H. D. Adams], Etc.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...basin formed on the north by the Alps and Apennines, the spectator would readily understand the existence of the low marshy lands that lie along the northern margin of the Adriatic. He would see that the waters of both these great chains converge towards a common point--the Isonzo, the Livenza, and the Tagliamento, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...basin formed on the north by the Alps and Apennines, the spectator would readily understand the existence of the low marshy lands that lie along the northern margin of the Adriatic. He would see that the waters of both these great chains converge towards a common point--the Isonzo, the Livenza, and the Tagliamento, descending from the Julian Alps; the Piave, the Musone, the Brenta, and the Adige, fed by the snows of the Tyrol; and, finally, the Po, largest of all the Italian rivers, --these pour their tribute into the Adriatic Gulf at its western angle, rolling with them the alluvial deposits gathered up during their rapid course. On debouching in the sea their waters grow shallow, and divide into innumerable arms, which combine to form the deltas and marshes of the Venetian coast. This swampy region, half-sea, half-land, has for its western limit the littoral of the continent, which curves boldly from Brondola to Isola, where the Brenta, the Sile, and the Piave flow into the Adriatic; on the east, or seaward side, a long tract of low level plains, stretched between the two extremities of the arc described by the mainland, forms its chord, and completes the enclosure of the lagoon. This extent of insulated plains is known as the Lido, or "the shore;" and it lies between the lagoon and the open sea like a natural dyke or rampart, against which the stormy Adriatic hurls its waters in vain. It is upwards of thirty miles in length, but seldom more than half a mile in breadth. The maritime littoral thus created by the combined action of the sea and the rivers is in great part defended by ranges of dunes, or sand-hills; while at exposed points it is also protected by artificial works, --such as the famous murazzi, or sea-walls, in the island of Pelestrina...
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