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... LAKES OF THE SUEZ ISTHMUS , 145 The altitude in relation to the sea - level . THE REGIONS OF TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS ; THE RIVER - SYSTEMS OF THE GLOBE , General remarks . TERRACE - LANDS AND RIVERS IN THEIR GENERAL ...
... LAKES OF THE SUEZ ISTHMUS , 145 The altitude in relation to the sea - level . THE REGIONS OF TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS ; THE RIVER - SYSTEMS OF THE GLOBE , General remarks . TERRACE - LANDS AND RIVERS IN THEIR GENERAL ...
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... lakes . Without the expeditions to secure the whale , the walrus , and the seal , as well as the fur - bearing animals , the polar world would be still untraversed . The discovery of coal on a hundred shores , otherwise unknown , led to ...
... lakes . Without the expeditions to secure the whale , the walrus , and the seal , as well as the fur - bearing animals , the polar world would be still untraversed . The discovery of coal on a hundred shores , otherwise unknown , led to ...
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... lakes , seas , and oceans , is one , and but one . The water is , in some respects , a form intermediate be- tween the other two ; its peculiarities , weight , density , free- dom of movement , and changeableness of form , are a mean ...
... lakes , seas , and oceans , is one , and but one . The water is , in some respects , a form intermediate be- tween the other two ; its peculiarities , weight , density , free- dom of movement , and changeableness of form , are a mean ...
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... Lake Imandra displays the same characteristics as that found on the islands in the White Sea , and on the shores of Greenland . The tops of the mountains , instead of being green , are all white with the lichen , commonly known as ...
... Lake Imandra displays the same characteristics as that found on the islands in the White Sea , and on the shores of Greenland . The tops of the mountains , instead of being green , are all white with the lichen , commonly known as ...
Side 58
... Lake Baikal , and east of Cape Taimurski , 110 ° east of Greenwich , the other in the neighbourhood of Melville Island , in North America , 102 ° west longitude —so there are , in a physical sense , two south poles ( we do not refer to ...
... Lake Baikal , and east of Cape Taimurski , 110 ° east of Greenwich , the other in the neighbourhood of Melville Island , in North America , 102 ° west longitude —so there are , in a physical sense , two south poles ( we do not refer to ...
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