The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

100 SCANDINAVIA.the river fill its former valley, now crossed by the railway from Christiania toStockholm. By a singular coincidence the two rivers flowing east of the Glommeuhave also been diverted to the right, now discharging into Lake Wener throughbeds belonging originally to other streams. The Fryken joined the lake at thepoint where is now the town of Karlstad, but its present junction lies some 12miles farther westwards. The Klar-elf, now usurping the old bed of the Fryken,flowed through a small lacustrine valley forming a south-eastern continuation ofFig. 51.The Telemakk Lakes.Scale 1 : 460.000.it? upper valley. This westward diversion of three parallel streams seems to pointat a lateral pressure, doubtless due to a slight perturbation of the crust. In thesame way the Vistula, the Elbe, and the Oder have deviated from their originalbeds.The Norrland rivers, north of the Dal, are remarkable for the striking uniformityof their general features and volume. They also closely resemble each other inthe extent of their drainage, the nature of the soil watered by them, and the