Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... extending more than 950 miles , and forming what has been happily termed a bridge from the Old World to the New . It consists of more than a hundred rocks and islands , some of which have been thrown up within the memory of man . 1806 ...
... extending more than 950 miles , and forming what has been happily termed a bridge from the Old World to the New . It consists of more than a hundred rocks and islands , some of which have been thrown up within the memory of man . 1806 ...
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... extend , as was once supposed , as far north as 9 ° north latitude , nor even to the later limit of 41 ° north latitude ; but about 4 ° 10 ' the distinction between low- land and highland seems to be sharply drawn , as the cataracts ...
... extend , as was once supposed , as far north as 9 ° north latitude , nor even to the later limit of 41 ° north latitude ; but about 4 ° 10 ' the distinction between low- land and highland seems to be sharply drawn , as the cataracts ...
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... extends in varying range of elevation , from that of Lake Van , 5124 feet , to the plain of the Aras ( the ancient Araxes ) , on which the double cone of Ararat rises to a height of 17,112 feet . But the table - land at the northern ...
... extends in varying range of elevation , from that of Lake Van , 5124 feet , to the plain of the Aras ( the ancient Araxes ) , on which the double cone of Ararat rises to a height of 17,112 feet . But the table - land at the northern ...
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... extend , touching the base of the mountains , and appearing rather as terraces , or vast plains of transition , from the highlands to the lowlands , than as independent forms . Where Alexander von Humboldt measured them , west of the ...
... extend , touching the base of the mountains , and appearing rather as terraces , or vast plains of transition , from the highlands to the lowlands , than as independent forms . Where Alexander von Humboldt measured them , west of the ...
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... extending through northern Texas and the Indian Territory , and lying on both sides of the Arkansas River , increases in elevation gradually from St Louis , on the Mississippi , less than 500 feet above the sea , to Santa Fé , on the ...
... extending through northern Texas and the Indian Territory , and lying on both sides of the Arkansas River , increases in elevation gradually from St Louis , on the Mississippi , less than 500 feet above the sea , to Santa Fé , on the ...
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