The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-20
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The most extensive park is Deer
Park, in the euvirous OF Copenhagen,
Denmark. The enclosure contains
about 4 200 acres. aud IS divided by a
small river. The largest pleasure
ground in this country is Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, which contains q
740 acres.
The largest body Of fresh water on
the globe IS Lake Superior. 1t is 400
miles long. 100 miles wide at its great.
est brealth, and has an area OF 81, 600
square Hilss. Its mean depth is said to
be 200 feet, and its greatest depth about
900 fathoms. Its surface is 65j feet
above the seq.
The largest tunnel in the world is
that OF st. Gothard. on the line OF rail
road between Lucerne and Milan.
Tie summit Of the tunnel is 900 feet
below the surface at Audermatt, and
6 600 feet beneath the peak Of kastei-
horn, OF tie st. Gothard group. The
tunnel is 2jb feet wide, and ID feet
10 inches fyan The door to the crown ot
the archsd rojd. II is 10 miles long,
4 miles longer than the Mt. Gems tun
n-l
The most extensive caverr is the
Mammoth Cave, in Eimondson county,
Ky. II is uear Green River, six milos
from Cave City. aud about twenty
eight miles from Bowling Green. The
cave consists Of a succession Of irregular
chambers, some Of which are large. sit
uated on different levels. S,ue o.
these are traversed by navigable
branches oi the subterranean Echo
River. Blind iish are found in It's Wa.
tiers.
The largest trees are the mammoth
trees in California. One Of the grove in
Tulare county, according to measure
meut made by members OF the State
Geological Survey. was shown to be
216 feet high, l06 feet in circumference
at base. and 70 Lset at point IL feet
above the ground. Some of the trees
are 376 feet high and "a feet in dame
ter. Some OF the largest that have
been felled indicate an age Of from q
600 to 800 years.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian.
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length ia 760 miles, its greatest
breadth 270 miles, and its area $50, 900
square miles. Great Salt Lake in Utah,
which may be properly termed an in
land sea, is about 80 miles long, and
has varying breadth Of from 20 to 25
miles. It's surface is 1900 feet above
the sea. whereas the surface OF the Cas-
plan is 81 feet below the ocean level.
The largest empire in the world is
that of Great Britain. comprising 81
a57 ,65S square miles, more than sixth
part of the land on the globe. and EN-.
braclng under its rule nearly sixth
part Of the population OF the world
In territorial extent the United States
ranks third. containing $3.50, 242
square miles, including Alaska; in pop.
nlation it ranks fourth with its so, 900.
600 people. Russia ranks second: s..
3o2,9lO square miles.
The highest monolith is the obelisk
at Karnack, Egypt. Karnack is on the
east bank of the nile, near Luxor, and
occupies part OF the site OF an ancient
Thebes. The obelisk is ascribed to
Hatasu, sister Of Pharoah Thothmes
Ill, who reigned about 1900 b. g.
Its whole length is l22 feet, its weight
400 tons. Its height. without pedestal,
IS los feet ten inches. The height Of
the obelisk in Central Park, N. Y,
without pedestal, is So feet ii inches;
Its weight about l6S tons.