Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... temperate , about 2969 ; and of each of the frigid , 1622 miles . Or , calculating their areas in square miles , the earth's superficies is made up nearly as follows : - North Frigid Zone , North Temperate Zone , Torrid Zone , South ...
... temperate , about 2969 ; and of each of the frigid , 1622 miles . Or , calculating their areas in square miles , the earth's superficies is made up nearly as follows : - North Frigid Zone , North Temperate Zone , Torrid Zone , South ...
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... temperate , and frigid zones , the varying belts of surface temperature as we proceed northward and southward from the equator , where the sun's heat is greatest ; the ecliptic , the apparent path of the sun round the earth ; meridians ...
... temperate , and frigid zones , the varying belts of surface temperature as we proceed northward and southward from the equator , where the sun's heat is greatest ; the ecliptic , the apparent path of the sun round the earth ; meridians ...
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... temperate zone ; one - half of the torrid zone ; one - tenth of the south temperate zone - the amount in the south frigid zone being at present unknown . The mean elevation above the sea - level of all the land on the globe - islands as ...
... temperate zone ; one - half of the torrid zone ; one - tenth of the south temperate zone - the amount in the south frigid zone being at present unknown . The mean elevation above the sea - level of all the land on the globe - islands as ...
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... temperate zone , or in that which contains all the better portions of Europe , Asia , and North America ; while only comparatively narrow or isolated tracts are cut directly by the equator or central torrid line . An- other glance at ...
... temperate zone , or in that which contains all the better portions of Europe , Asia , and North America ; while only comparatively narrow or isolated tracts are cut directly by the equator or central torrid line . An- other glance at ...
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... temperate zone , while it disappears in a succes- sion of narrow cape - like lobes towards the south - neither Geology nor Geography can determine . One thing , however , is certain , that it is part of a great geological sequence of ...
... temperate zone , while it disappears in a succes- sion of narrow cape - like lobes towards the south - neither Geology nor Geography can determine . One thing , however , is certain , that it is part of a great geological sequence of ...
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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...