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I. physical geography of sweden.
through which they pass. They are deposits of the Glacial Epoch. From
a practical point of view they are of great importance as affording a
plentiful supply of uniformly sharp gravel, which has been put to a
large variety of uses. Similar ridges are to be found in other parts
of Sweden, but in more hilly districts they do not play nearly so great
a part orographically as in the plains. Such ridges are the famous
Brunkebergs-åsen, in Stockholm, and the Uppsala-åsen, passing through
the city of Uppsala.
On the Skuru Straits.
In the Inner »Skärgård», near Stockholm.
Like the lowlands of Central Sweden, the coast-districts in
Bohuslän, North Halland, and Småland have also been submerged under the
sea to a depth of from 60 to 150 m. (diminishing southwards).
Consequently, the resemblance between those districts is very considerable.
The actual coast-line is fringed with a numerous array of skerries
(Skärgård), only terminating southwards on the east coast at Åhus
and on the west near Varberg. The more favourable climatic
conditions that prevail south of Uppland and the Norwegian frontier give
rise, however, to a more plentiful and a more varied vegetation on
those islands whose soil is sufficiently good; thus, the nobler species
of foliage trees and a number of herbaceous plants flourish here (cf.
Illustr, above). On this account the Skärgård in Southern Sweden,
wears a more varied, and often a gayer aspect than that in the North.
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