Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... ranges - Peaks and passes - Ranges of demarcation- Superimposed mountains - Independent mountain - sys- tems . THE RELATIONS OF PLATEAU - SYSTEMS , Geological differences between plateaus - The continents , with their respective ...
... ranges - Peaks and passes - Ranges of demarcation- Superimposed mountains - Independent mountain - sys- tems . THE RELATIONS OF PLATEAU - SYSTEMS , Geological differences between plateaus - The continents , with their respective ...
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... range of hills may be taken as the type of the loftiest Cor- dillera . The eye may be easily trained to see all the greater in the less . The study of our own district is the true key to the understanding of the forms and the phenomena ...
... range of hills may be taken as the type of the loftiest Cor- dillera . The eye may be easily trained to see all the greater in the less . The study of our own district is the true key to the understanding of the forms and the phenomena ...
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... range from 20 to 100 miles from the earth , and have studied them * * Meteors , which are nightly visible , are different from the peri- odic phenomena , seen in August and November , in different localities over the earth , and called ...
... range from 20 to 100 miles from the earth , and have studied them * * Meteors , which are nightly visible , are different from the peri- odic phenomena , seen in August and November , in different localities over the earth , and called ...
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... ranges from the Cape of Good Hope north - easterly at an angle of 45 , passing through the Mozambique Channel , thence skirting the entire south - eastern and eastern coast of Asia , taking in China , Corea , Japan , and South ...
... ranges from the Cape of Good Hope north - easterly at an angle of 45 , passing through the Mozambique Channel , thence skirting the entire south - eastern and eastern coast of Asia , taking in China , Corea , Japan , and South ...
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... range of observation has been greater must be immense . The compacted land - division of the globe , the solid cluster of continents , must be the source of stimulus and culture , of which the isolated inhabitant of the Pacific islands ...
... range of observation has been greater must be immense . The compacted land - division of the globe , the solid cluster of continents , must be the source of stimulus and culture , of which the isolated inhabitant of the Pacific islands ...
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advance Africa ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON Alexander von Humboldt Alps altitude ancient Aral Asia Atlas Australia basin breadth Caspian central chain character characteristics civilisation cloth coast coast-line connection continents Crown 8vo culture Danube depression direction distance districts earth east eastern Elbe elevation embracing entire Europe extends Fcap feet high formation geography geological globe greater height highlands hills Himalayas Humboldt immense influence islands Lake Lake Baikal Lake Tchad land land-mass less lower course lowlands Maps mass middle course mountain-chains mountains mouth nature North America northern ocean Old World peninsulas Persian plateau phenomena physical plains planets plateau Professor Pyrenees range region relations Rhine rise river-systems rivers Scotland Second Edition shore side southern square miles steppe Strabo streams surface table-land tion tract tributaries uniform upheaval upper course Ural Ural Mountains Valdai Hills valleys Vistula volcanic Volga vols Weser whole
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