Manual of Modern Geography, Mathematical, Physical and Political, on a New Plan Embracing a Complete Development of the River Systems of the GlobeW. Blackwood & sons, 1881 - 676 Seiten |
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... southern , each 43 ° in breadth , lying between the Tropics and the Polar Circles . Never having the sun vertical , they are characterised by a lower temperature than tropical regions ; the fruits of the earth are less luxuriant and ...
... southern , each 43 ° in breadth , lying between the Tropics and the Polar Circles . Never having the sun vertical , they are characterised by a lower temperature than tropical regions ; the fruits of the earth are less luxuriant and ...
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... southern extremities are rocky , pointed , and elevated . Again , while Africa , South America , and , we may almost add , North America , contract toward the south into single promontories , each of the others sends out three separate ...
... southern extremities are rocky , pointed , and elevated . Again , while Africa , South America , and , we may almost add , North America , contract toward the south into single promontories , each of the others sends out three separate ...
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... southern , by the Antarctic Circle . Its shape would have approxi- mated to an equilateral triangle , had not Asia projected its hugest peninsula into its apex , and given it a very irregular form . Extend- ing from a little beyond the ...
... southern , by the Antarctic Circle . Its shape would have approxi- mated to an equilateral triangle , had not Asia projected its hugest peninsula into its apex , and given it a very irregular form . Extend- ing from a little beyond the ...
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... southern hemisphere they would blow incessantly from the south . And , were the earth at rest , and its surface wholly land or water , such would be the actual direction of the winds throughout the year . But the earth rotates on its ...
... southern hemisphere they would blow incessantly from the south . And , were the earth at rest , and its surface wholly land or water , such would be the actual direction of the winds throughout the year . But the earth rotates on its ...
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... southern currents are deflected and modified , so as to become respectively the per- manent north - easterly and south - easterly currents , forming the magnificent phenomenon of the Trade - Winds . These winds extend , with occasional ...
... southern currents are deflected and modified , so as to become respectively the per- manent north - easterly and south - easterly currents , forming the magnificent phenomenon of the Trade - Winds . These winds extend , with occasional ...
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