Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volum 2 |
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Side 6
... interior basins which have not yet become dry by the effects of slow and gradual evaporation . I have no doubt that , in very remote times , the whole valley , from the foot of the mountains of RETREAT OF THE WATER . 7 The Cocuyza to those.
... interior basins which have not yet become dry by the effects of slow and gradual evaporation . I have no doubt that , in very remote times , the whole valley , from the foot of the mountains of RETREAT OF THE WATER . 7 The Cocuyza to those.
Side 8
... effects of evaporation , have long imagined that the lake has a subterranean outlet , by which a quantity of water runs out equal to that which flows in by the rivers . Some suppose that this outlet communicates with grottos , supposed ...
... effects of evaporation , have long imagined that the lake has a subterranean outlet , by which a quantity of water runs out equal to that which flows in by the rivers . Some suppose that this outlet communicates with grottos , supposed ...
Side 11
... effects of filtrations , the waters of the canal of Languedoc , and the basin of Saint Ferréol lose every year from ... effect of evaporation is three times as much , according to Le Gaux , and double according to Cassan . At Cumana ...
... effects of filtrations , the waters of the canal of Languedoc , and the basin of Saint Ferréol lose every year from ... effect of evaporation is three times as much , according to Le Gaux , and double according to Cassan . At Cumana ...
Side 15
... effect of evaporation , which carries off caloric from the air and the water ; or because a great mass of water does not follow with an equal rapidity the changes in the tempera- ridge , and on its southern declivity , no point of level ...
... effect of evaporation , which carries off caloric from the air and the water ; or because a great mass of water does not follow with an equal rapidity the changes in the tempera- ridge , and on its southern declivity , no point of level ...
Side 24
... effect of an habitual stimulus on the organs of plants . The waters of Mariara contain no aquatic insects . Frogs are found in them , which , being probably chased by serpents , have leaped into the funnels , and there perished . South ...
... effect of an habitual stimulus on the organs of plants . The waters of Mariara contain no aquatic insects . Frogs are found in them , which , being probably chased by serpents , have leaped into the funnels , and there perished . South ...
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Amazon America ancient Angostura animals appear Apure Aragua Atabapo Atures banks boat Bonpland Cabruta cacao Calabozo called Caño canoe Caracas Caribs Carichana cassava Cassiquiare cataracts coast colour contain Cordillera covered crocodiles cultivated curare earth east eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit Gili gneiss granite Grenada grünstein Guaviare Guiana gymnotus hornblende humidity hundred Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar Javita Jesuits juice lake latitude leagues Llanos Lower Orinoco Mariara Maypures Meta mission missionary monkeys monks mosquitos mountains mouth nations natives night Nueva Valencia observed Omaguas Orinoco Ottomacs palm-trees passed plains plants Porto Cabello Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village zancudos