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See also:ISAR (identical with See also:Isere, in See also:Celtic " the rapid ") , a See also:river of See also:Bavaria . It rises in the Tirolese See also:Alps N.E. from See also:Innsbruck, at an See also:altitude of 5840 ft . It first winds in deep, narrow glens and See also:gorges through the Alps, and at Tolz (2100ft.), due See also:north from its source, enters the Bavarian See also:plain, which it traverses in a generally north and north-See also:east direction, and pours its See also:waters into the See also:Danube immediately below See also:Deggendorf after a course of 219 M . The See also:area of its drainage See also:basin is 38,200 sq. m . Below See also:Munich the stream is 14o to 350 yards wide, and is studded with islands . It is not navigable, except for rafts . The See also:total fall of the river is 4816 ft . The See also:Isar is essentially the See also:national stream of the Bavarians . It has belonged from the earliest times to the Bavarian See also:people and traverses the finest See also:corn See also:land in the See also:kingdom . On its See also:banks See also:lie the cities of Munich and See also:Landshut, and the See also:venerable episcopal see of See also:Freising, and the inhabitants of the See also:district it waters are reckoned the core of the Bavarian See also:race . See C . See also:Gruber, See also:Die Isar nach ihrer Entwickelung and ihren hydrologischen Verhdltnissen (Munich, 1889); and Die Bedeutung der Isar als Verkehrsstrasse (Munich, 1890) .
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