Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... eastern consists of clays and loams that lie on upturned strata of sandstones , limestones , and shales . There is a small circular lake or tarn up among the hills , while along the junction of the sandstones and basalt numerous springs ...
... eastern consists of clays and loams that lie on upturned strata of sandstones , limestones , and shales . There is a small circular lake or tarn up among the hills , while along the junction of the sandstones and basalt numerous springs ...
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... Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere , by supposing the globe divided by a line passing through the poles , and thus necessarily cutting the equator at right angles . Reckoning London as a fixed point on such a line , Europe , Asia ...
... Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere , by supposing the globe divided by a line passing through the poles , and thus necessarily cutting the equator at right angles . Reckoning London as a fixed point on such a line , Europe , Asia ...
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... eastern and western hemispheres ( 20 ° W. long . to 160 ° E. long . ) , there are about 37 millions square miles in the former , while there are only 14 millions in the latter . As to the distribution of land and water in the different ...
... eastern and western hemispheres ( 20 ° W. long . to 160 ° E. long . ) , there are about 37 millions square miles in the former , while there are only 14 millions in the latter . As to the distribution of land and water in the different ...
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David Page. D O Western Hemisphere . 90 N.POLE THE WORLD . Eastern Hemisphere . 80 50 E 20 NORT 50 40 50 NORTH PACIFIC TROPIC OF CANCE OCEAN 170 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 EQUATORI SOUTH NORTH 50 40 ATLANTIC OCEAN 30 20 10 ...
David Page. D O Western Hemisphere . 90 N.POLE THE WORLD . Eastern Hemisphere . 80 50 E 20 NORT 50 40 50 NORTH PACIFIC TROPIC OF CANCE OCEAN 170 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 EQUATORI SOUTH NORTH 50 40 ATLANTIC OCEAN 30 20 10 ...
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... Eastern hemisphere , embracing Europe , Asia , and Africa , and described , from its being the only portion known to the ancients , as the Old World - and that of the Western hemisphere , including North and South America , and known ...
... Eastern hemisphere , embracing Europe , Asia , and Africa , and described , from its being the only portion known to the ancients , as the Old World - and that of the Western hemisphere , including North and South America , and known ...
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