Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... latitude , present such differences in climate ? Why are mountain - heights perpetually enveloped in snow , while the lower ridges are clothed in verdure and blossom ? Why does one region of a continent be arid and rainless , while ...
... latitude , present such differences in climate ? Why are mountain - heights perpetually enveloped in snow , while the lower ridges are clothed in verdure and blossom ? Why does one region of a continent be arid and rainless , while ...
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... latitude , being greatest at the equator , and gradu- ally decreasing towards the poles ; that it is greatly modified by the extent and distribution of sea and land - the sea and sea - coasts being more equable than inland continents ...
... latitude , being greatest at the equator , and gradu- ally decreasing towards the poles ; that it is greatly modified by the extent and distribution of sea and land - the sea and sea - coasts being more equable than inland continents ...
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... Latitude and Longitude . The latitude of a place is its distance north or south from the equator ; hence we speak of north latitude ( N. Lat . ) in the northern hemisphere , and of south latitude ( S. Lat . ) in the southern hemisphere ...
... Latitude and Longitude . The latitude of a place is its distance north or south from the equator ; hence we speak of north latitude ( N. Lat . ) in the northern hemisphere , and of south latitude ( S. Lat . ) in the southern hemisphere ...
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... latitude being necessarily parallel to each other , geo- graphers speak of parallels of latitude , designating those that lie near to the equator as low latitudes , those that approach the poles as high latitudes , and those that ...
... latitude being necessarily parallel to each other , geo- graphers speak of parallels of latitude , designating those that lie near to the equator as low latitudes , those that approach the poles as high latitudes , and those that ...
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... latitude become smaller and smaller , and as they are all carried round within the same period of 24 hours , their rate of motion must be proportionally less . At the 60th parallel , for example , this motion is only 500 miles an hour ...
... latitude become smaller and smaller , and as they are all carried round within the same period of 24 hours , their rate of motion must be proportionally less . At the 60th parallel , for example , this motion is only 500 miles an hour ...
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Página 32 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho...