Outlines of Physical GeographyJ.H. Colton, 1856 - 225 ページ |
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... give birth to some - lakes which both receive and discharge water - elevations of 88-90 lakes LESSON XI - LAKES ( continued ) : North American Lakes . - Lake Superior - Huron- Michigan - Ontario - other North American Lakes . South ...
... give birth to some - lakes which both receive and discharge water - elevations of 88-90 lakes LESSON XI - LAKES ( continued ) : North American Lakes . - Lake Superior - Huron- Michigan - Ontario - other North American Lakes . South ...
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... give to the continent a coast - line of 24,500 miles , or 1 mile to every 350 square miles of surface , are , with numerous rivers and lakes , the means by which civili- zation and commerce have been extended , and are now rapidly ...
... give to the continent a coast - line of 24,500 miles , or 1 mile to every 350 square miles of surface , are , with numerous rivers and lakes , the means by which civili- zation and commerce have been extended , and are now rapidly ...
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George William Fitch. Passa Cod Rarit Pami 21 Wes abou 3.00 is tr 155 give face 2 in fore un of Passamaquoddy Bay , Penobscot Bay , Massachusetts Bay , Cape.
George William Fitch. Passa Cod Rarit Pami 21 Wes abou 3.00 is tr 155 give face 2 in fore un of Passamaquoddy Bay , Penobscot Bay , Massachusetts Bay , Cape.
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... gives only a mile of sea - coast for every 420 square miles of sur- face , and presents few bays or even harbors . 22. The slow progress of civilization in South America has been attributed in a great measure to the want of bays and ...
... gives only a mile of sea - coast for every 420 square miles of sur- face , and presents few bays or even harbors . 22. The slow progress of civilization in South America has been attributed in a great measure to the want of bays and ...
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... Give particulars of the island of Rockal ? 38. Un- der what various conditions do islands occur ? 89. Where are the principal chains ? Shape and arrangement ? What chains belonging to America are mentioned ? Other instances ? numerous ...
... Give particulars of the island of Rockal ? 38. Un- der what various conditions do islands occur ? 89. Where are the principal chains ? Shape and arrangement ? What chains belonging to America are mentioned ? Other instances ? numerous ...
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Africa Alps animals annual Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Ocean atmosphere Australia basin Brazil breadth Cape Horn Caspian Caspian Sea chain climate clouds coast cold continent coral countries course currents depth direction distance distributed districts Ditto earth earthquake east eastern elevation equator eruption Europe extend fall feet flow Geography glaciers globe greatest Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream heat height hemisphere highest Indian Ocean islands Lake land latitude length LESSON LIMIT Mediterranean Mississippi Mount Mountains navigable northern Orinoco Pacific Ocean parallel Peak peninsula perpetual snow plain plants plateau pole portion prevail principal quadrupeds rain range reef remarkable rises rivers salt shores Siberia South America southern Spain species springs square miles streams summits supposed surface table-land temperate zone temperature trade-winds trees tributaries TROPIC TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN United valley vapor vegetation vessels volcanic region volcanoes western winds
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23 ページ - Hudson, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
149 ページ - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
190 ページ - The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with a fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would have oppressed him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator.
59 ページ - A great wave swept over the coast of Spain, and is said to have been sixty feet high at Cadiz. At Tangier, in Africa, it rose and fell eighteen times on the coast ; at Funchal, in Madeira, it rose full fifteen feet perpendicular above high-water mark, although the tide, which ebbs and flows there seven feet, was then at half ebb.
17 ページ - Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of a dark colour, and from four to five inches long, and two or three round. When the...
17 ページ - But this growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved.
16 ページ - The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but...
15 ページ - Both the sound and sight were such as to impress the spectator with the consciousness of standing in the presence of an overwhelming majesty and power...
13 ページ - Multitudes of these tiny creatures are associated in the secretion of a common stony skeleton, that is, the coral, or madrepore, in the minute orifices of which they reside ; protruding their mouths and tentacles when under water, but the moment they are molested, or become exposed to the atmosphere, withdrawing by sudden contraction into their holes.
16 ページ - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...