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... CENTRAL ASIA , 428 JAPAN , 433 AFRICA , 437 · EGYPT , NUBIA , AND KORDOFAN , 450 SENEGAMBIA , ABYSSINIA , BARBARY STATES , SAHARA , OR GREAT DESERT , • SOUDAN , OR NIGRITIA , GUINEA , COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS , SOUTH AFRICA , SOUTH CENTRAL ...
... CENTRAL ASIA , 428 JAPAN , 433 AFRICA , 437 · EGYPT , NUBIA , AND KORDOFAN , 450 SENEGAMBIA , ABYSSINIA , BARBARY STATES , SAHARA , OR GREAT DESERT , • SOUDAN , OR NIGRITIA , GUINEA , COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS , SOUTH AFRICA , SOUTH CENTRAL ...
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... Central Asia . 4. Political Divisions . - The actual number of independent states is uncertain and ever fluctuating , and several of the countries enu- merated in the following table contain individually a number of small states not ...
... Central Asia . 4. Political Divisions . - The actual number of independent states is uncertain and ever fluctuating , and several of the countries enu- merated in the following table contain individually a number of small states not ...
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... central regions , and send the rivers in five different directions , corresponding to the five great basins to which they respectively belong - viz . , the Black Sea and Mediterranean , the Indian Ocean , the Pacific Ocean , the Arctic ...
... central regions , and send the rivers in five different directions , corresponding to the five great basins to which they respectively belong - viz . , the Black Sea and Mediterranean , the Indian Ocean , the Pacific Ocean , the Arctic ...
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... Central Basin . To Asia belongs the greatest lake in the world ( the Caspian ) , and the largest fresh - water lake in the Old World ( Lake Baikal ) . Beginning at the N.E. of Asiatic Turkey , and following the order of the river ...
... Central Basin . To Asia belongs the greatest lake in the world ( the Caspian ) , and the largest fresh - water lake in the Old World ( Lake Baikal ) . Beginning at the N.E. of Asiatic Turkey , and following the order of the river ...
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... Central China , the eastern part of Mantchooria , and several tracts in the basins of the Lena and Obi . PALEOZOIC AND TRANSITION ROCKS Occupy exten- sive tracts lying to the N. of lakes Balkash and Baikal respectively , the Stanovoi ...
... Central China , the eastern part of Mantchooria , and several tracts in the basins of the Lena and Obi . PALEOZOIC AND TRANSITION ROCKS Occupy exten- sive tracts lying to the N. of lakes Balkash and Baikal respectively , the Stanovoi ...
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Seite 4 - Outlines' — in many respects an epitome of the ' Elements' — are carefully prepared to meet the wants of beginners. The arrangement is the same as in the Author's larger works. Minute details are avoided, the broad outlines are graphically presented, the accentuation marked, and the most recent changes in political geography exhibited. Fourth Edition, Revised. THE INTERMEDIATE GEOGRAPHY. Intended as an Intermediate Book between the Author's ' Outlines of Geography
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Seite 494 - ... simply because it contains no running water, and very little water in wells. It is by no means destitute of vegetation and inhabitants, for it is covered with grass and a great variety of creeping plants ; besides which there are large patches of bushes and even trees.