Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 96
Página 13
... region of a continent be arid and rainless , while another is deluged with periodical torrents ? Why do the winds in certain latitudes blow steadily and for weeks in one direction , while in another they are fitful and irregular ? Why ...
... region of a continent be arid and rainless , while another is deluged with periodical torrents ? Why do the winds in certain latitudes blow steadily and for weeks in one direction , while in another they are fitful and irregular ? Why ...
Página 44
... region is elevated above the ocean , or that another may subside beneath it , disturbs the existing geographical equilibrium , confers new features on the landscape , and modifies the habitats of vegetable and animal existences ...
... region is elevated above the ocean , or that another may subside beneath it , disturbs the existing geographical equilibrium , confers new features on the landscape , and modifies the habitats of vegetable and animal existences ...
Página 52
... region uninterrupted or unbroken by seas ; an island , any smaller portion surrounded by water ; a peninsula ( Lat . pene , almost ; insula , island ) , a portion nearly surrounded by water ; an isthmus ( Gr . ) , the narrow neck that ...
... region uninterrupted or unbroken by seas ; an island , any smaller portion surrounded by water ; a peninsula ( Lat . pene , almost ; insula , island ) , a portion nearly surrounded by water ; an isthmus ( Gr . ) , the narrow neck that ...
Página 63
... region some great cosmical change is in course of elabora- tion . We say , in course of elaboration ; for , like all other gigan- tic operations in nature , the upheaval of continents , and the up- piling of mountains and mountain ...
... region some great cosmical change is in course of elabora- tion . We say , in course of elaboration ; for , like all other gigan- tic operations in nature , the upheaval of continents , and the up- piling of mountains and mountain ...
Página 68
... region ; hence the importance of their accuracy in all geographical descriptions . Latitude and longitude determine the position ; a sufficient number of similar observations fix the con- tour ; and trigonometrical survey or ...
... region ; hence the importance of their accuracy in all geographical descriptions . Latitude and longitude determine the position ; a sufficient number of similar observations fix the con- tour ; and trigonometrical survey or ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
Africa altitude Antarctic Antarctic Ocean Arctic Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic atmosphere Australia basin Bolivia character characterised chiefly civilisation climate coast colder continent course Crown 8vo crust currents depth desert direction earth east eastern Edition elevation equator equatorial Europe extent Fcap feet flow geological globe gradually Gulf Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream heat height hemisphere hence Himalayas Indian Indian Ocean influence islands lakes land and water latitude less maize moisture mountains nature northern northern hemisphere numerous ocean Old World Pacific parallel peculiar phenomena Physical Geography plains plants and animals plateaux polar pole portion produced rains range region ridges rise rivers rocks rocky season shores Siberia slopes snow snow-line soil South America southern Southern Ocean springs square miles strata streams summer table-land temperature term tides tion tracts trade-winds tropical valleys vapour velocity volcanic vols warmer winds winter
Passagens conhecidas
Página 320 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. RH BARHAM, Author of the
Página 318 - MACKENZIE. Studies in Roman Law. With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England, and Scotland. By Lord MACKENZIE, one of the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland.
Página 320 - PEOPLE'S EDITION, 31s. 6d. Life of John Duke of Marlborough. With some Account of his Contemporaries, and of the War of the Succession.
Página 318 - KINGLAKE'S CRIMEAN WAR. The Invasion of the Crimea : its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan.
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...