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Land Artificially Won from the Waters—Great Works of Material

Improvement—Draining of Lincolnshire Fens—Incursions of the Sea in the

Netherlands—Origin of Sea-dikes—Gain and Loss of Land in the

Netherlands—Marine Deposits on the Coast of Netherlands—Draining of

Lake of Haarlem—Draining of the Zuiderzee—Geographical Effects

of—Improvements in the Netherlands—Ancient Hydraulic Works—Draining

of Lake Celano by Prince Torlonia—Incidental Consequences of Draining

Lakes—Draining of Marshes—Agricultural Draining—Meteorological

Effects of Draining—Geographical Effects of Draining—Geographical

Effects of Aqueducts and Canals—Antiquity of Irrigation—Irrigation in

Palestine, India, and Egypt—Irrigation in Europe—Meteorological

Effects of Irrigation—Water withdrawn from Rivers for

Irrigation—Injurious Effects of Rice-culture—Salts Deposited by Water

of Irrigation—Subterranean Waters—Artesian Wells—Artificial

Springs—Economizing Precipitation—Inundations in France—Basins of

Reception—Diversion of Rivers—Glacier Lakes—River Embankments—Other

Remedies against Inundations—Dikes of the Nile—Deposits of Tuscan

Rivers—Improvements in Tuscan Maremma—Improvements in Val di

Chiana—Coast of the Netherlands