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Show The rii.or of Ilia l'arine llc.-ai.. If tho waters of t lie l'mlllc cuulil be (lrnlucil, there would ho revealed n vast stretch of territory compi'lsitiK enoriiioiis plateaus, great valleys for which no parallels exist on the hind surfacelofty mountains:, beside which the Himalaya and Ihe Andta would look like hillocks, and tremendous hollows hol-lows or basins, only to lie compared With those ou the face of the moun. While there are great mountains, and huge basins nr "deeps." the pin-tenu pin-tenu areas are by far thu most extensive, exten-sive, ltrlatlrely speaking, the floor of Ihe I'acltle aa now at last revealed on the plateau areaa, la level. There are undulations and depreslous, but tho general men la about the same depth below the surface. Rottndlnia develop a mean depth of from to 271)0 rnthoms. In shonler spots there Is a menu di-pl'i of from 1110 to VPS! fnlhnms. Deeper sputa show from '-'SOD to 2900 fathoms. Leslie's Monthly. |