Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... varied contents all the information they are likely to require for instructing their classes in that many - sided and deeply interesting science . The Elementary Work has been expressly prepared for the wants and capacities of Pupils ...
... varied contents all the information they are likely to require for instructing their classes in that many - sided and deeply interesting science . The Elementary Work has been expressly prepared for the wants and capacities of Pupils ...
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... its goal is too large , and its contents too varied , for his grasp whose existence is hemmed in by narrow bonds , and whose life is so brief . And though there have always been detailed descriptions of the dif- ferent INTRODUCTION . 9.
... its goal is too large , and its contents too varied , for his grasp whose existence is hemmed in by narrow bonds , and whose life is so brief . And though there have always been detailed descriptions of the dif- ferent INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... . It is the most varied , the most stimulating , and the most produc- tive in all departments of the vegetable and animal king- doms . The Atlantic coast - belt , which also CONTRAST OF LAND AND WATER HEMISPHERES . 45.
... . It is the most varied , the most stimulating , and the most produc- tive in all departments of the vegetable and animal king- doms . The Atlantic coast - belt , which also CONTRAST OF LAND AND WATER HEMISPHERES . 45.
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... varied are the heights taken from the sea - level of the leading plateaus . Yet they never rise to a point of elevation comparable with those of isolated mountain peaks or ranges . These attain , in no insignificant num- bers , the ...
... varied are the heights taken from the sea - level of the leading plateaus . Yet they never rise to a point of elevation comparable with those of isolated mountain peaks or ranges . These attain , in no insignificant num- bers , the ...
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... varied than is generally supposed . The plateau of Tibet attains , in its whole great extent of 1800 miles in length and 500 miles in breadth , an average elevation of 10,800 feet above the sea - level . In some cases it rises , of ...
... varied than is generally supposed . The plateau of Tibet attains , in its whole great extent of 1800 miles in length and 500 miles in breadth , an average elevation of 10,800 feet above the sea - level . In some cases it rises , of ...
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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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