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EUROPE: A GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY

WATER POWER

Coal and lignite play such prominent parts as sources of power
that the importance of water power is frequently overlooked. Never-
theless, Germany ranks fourth among the European states in the
amount of water power developed, and has recently increased its use

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100,000

SWEDEN
BELGIUM

AUSTRIA
CHECHOSLOVAKIA
POLAND
NETHERLANDS

PRODUCTION OFELECTRiOTY IN LEADING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES-

PRODUCTION IN MILLIONS Of K.W.H.
STATISTICAL XEAR BOOK OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

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The production of electricity in the leading European countries in K.W.H. (Statistical
Yearbook of the League oj Nations, 1930-31.)

of this resource more rapidly than any other country except Italy.
Most of the 2,000,000 horsepower that have been developed are to be
found in the southern highlands, especially in the Bavarian Alps. The
power thus developed is used to generate electricity to provide motive
power for the railways and to supply industrial and domestic needs.

MANUFACTURING

The rise of German manufacturing, from the formation of the
Empire to 1914, is one of the most remarkable economic achievements