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0081 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 / Page 81 (Color Image)

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or checked, that a small portion of it
water was detained in a lake. At pre-
about twelve miles long north and sout
and west, and, according to Stein, has a
of fifteen feet. It is remarked on all
al deposits, which have been laid up on
one at the base of the northern portion
w in which the lake lies. The formation
a, so to speak, which holds back the la
to the deposition of alluvial fans by the
come in from the north and north-
the Baroghila gorge. In a moister epoc
y would be less active upon the moun-
of the thicker cover of vegetation,
ly large, would not be very heavily lad
and the tendency would be to cut away
lar deposits which had previously been
than the lake. On the advent of a w
other hand, the forces of erosion woul
on the mountain slopes, and the transpor
on carried away would be greater beca
in vegetation and in the number of s
hold the soil in place; the streams, espe
lower tributaries, would be not only
t, but also smaller, and the valley botto
comparatively gentle slopes, would becom
s. When the earlier tributaries joined
stream, they would tend to build up fans
ream, also diminished in volume and len
l, might not be able to remove. This deli