Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... Rivers their Characteristics , 54 River - Systems , Oceanic and Continental , Lakes and Lacustrine Areas , $ 59 177 XI . THE ATMOSPHERE CLIMATOLOGY , 18-204 • Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere , Its Heat and Moisture , 185 188 ...
... Rivers their Characteristics , 54 River - Systems , Oceanic and Continental , Lakes and Lacustrine Areas , $ 59 177 XI . THE ATMOSPHERE CLIMATOLOGY , 18-204 • Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere , Its Heat and Moisture , 185 188 ...
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... rivers , heights of mountains , and the like is for the most part little better than a task of memory ; Physical Geography , on the other hand , requires reasoning at every step , and the student will find his reasonings greatly ...
... rivers , heights of mountains , and the like is for the most part little better than a task of memory ; Physical Geography , on the other hand , requires reasoning at every step , and the student will find his reasonings greatly ...
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... rivers or washed from the cliffs by the waves and tides , are deposited and arranged along the bottom of these receptacles in layers or strata more or less hori- zontal , and in course of ages one above another , precisely like the ...
... rivers or washed from the cliffs by the waves and tides , are deposited and arranged along the bottom of these receptacles in layers or strata more or less hori- zontal , and in course of ages one above another , precisely like the ...
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... rivers are wearing and carrying from the higher lands is deposited in layers of mud , sand , and gravel in the lakes and estuaries below ; and what is wasted from the sea - cliffs by waves and tides is borne along and distributed in the ...
... rivers are wearing and carrying from the higher lands is deposited in layers of mud , sand , and gravel in the lakes and estuaries below ; and what is wasted from the sea - cliffs by waves and tides is borne along and distributed in the ...
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... rivers during the wet season , are mere swamps and dry shingly channels when the period of drought returns . The main volumes of fresh water , as will be seen when we come to treat of the " River - systems , " are the North American ...
... rivers during the wet season , are mere swamps and dry shingly channels when the period of drought returns . The main volumes of fresh water , as will be seen when we come to treat of the " River - systems , " are the North American ...
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