10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KATAVOTHRON»
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But the Katavothron is more commonly situated at the foot of the surrounding
escarpment of limestone ; and in that case there is sometimes room enough to
allow a person to enter, in summer, and even to penetrate far into the interior.
Within is ...
2
The Continental Monthly
to come from a katavothron in the northern part of Arcadia. And not far from
thence a fountain of fresh water bubbles up in the sea a few yards from the shore
; this is traced to a similar source. In some parts of Greece the remains may still
be ...
3
Modern Greece: A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in ...
Below the katavothron of.Argos are situated several mills, which obtain ample
motive power from the river, and directly above it is a large and curious cave,
stretching back much farther than we had time to follow it. From the position it
would ...
4
Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth ...
But the Katavothron is more commonly situated at the foot of the surrounding
escarpment of limestone ; and in that case there is sometimes room enough to
allow a person to enter, in summer, and even to penetrate far into the interior.
Within is ...
5
Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth ...
But the Katavothron is more commonly situated at the foot of the surrounding
escarpment of limestone ; and in that case there is sometimes room enough to
allow a person to enter, in summer, and even to penetrate far into the interior.
Within is ...
6
Travels and researches in Crete
176 A KATAVOTHRON. little more than an hour from the ilex tree and the well,
we find beneath us the large upland plain of the Omalo, enclosed in a wall of
mountains on every side, and looking like a green lake from the lateness of the ...
Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, 1865
7
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
The earliest known statement on the origin of springs is that of Anaxagoras (500
—428 BC), who supposed that they originated from large underground reservoirs
supplied by rainfall. The term “katavothron” was applied by the ancient Greeks to
...
... of red mud, cracked in all directions. But the Katavothron is more commonly
situated at the foot of the surrounding escarpment of limestone ; and in that case
there is sometimes room enough to allow a person to enter, in summer, and even
to ...
sir Charles Lyell (bart.), 1835
9
The Chambers Dictionary
See catabolism katabothron kal-a-both'ron, or katavothron kat-av'olh- ron, n an
underground water-channel. [Mod Gr kaia- bothron. from Gr kata down, and
bothros hole] katadromous. Same as catadromous. katakana kai-a-ka 'na, n one
of the ...
10
The Geographical Journal
When the winter rain is due, the people block the katavothron and mark its place
with poles. Then the winter rain comes on and floods the whole plain, and after a
time they dislodge the stones and let the water off. That is only one instance of ...
