CONSTANCE, LAKE

CONSTANCE, LAKE
   or BODENSEE
   partly in Germany and partly in Switzerland; is about 44 m. long and 9 m. broad at most; is traversed by the Rhine from W. to E., is 1306 ft. above sea-level; is surrounded by vineyards, cornfields, and wooded slopes; its waters are hardly ever frozen, and often rise and fall suddenly.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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