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... Volga , which rises at the eastern side of these hills , the plateau falls off by imperceptible steps , till it is lost in the great Russian plain . In the peninsulas of southern Europe , as in the Morea ( 2000 feet ) , and in the ...
... Volga , which rises at the eastern side of these hills , the plateau falls off by imperceptible steps , till it is lost in the great Russian plain . In the peninsulas of southern Europe , as in the Morea ( 2000 feet ) , and in the ...
Side 122
... Volga and the Ural . It is pre - eminently a region of lowlands , without any eleva- tions of importance , and having no change of level , ex- cept very gently undulating swells , and on the north and south margin plateaus which very ...
... Volga and the Ural . It is pre - eminently a region of lowlands , without any eleva- tions of importance , and having no change of level , ex- cept very gently undulating swells , and on the north and south margin plateaus which very ...
Side 124
... Volga , the height above the ocean - level is but 270 feet , measuring from the highest point on the banks . Southward , the plain reaches to Simbirsk , 181 feet in altitude . The maximum breadth of this whole vast lowland tract is ...
... Volga , the height above the ocean - level is but 270 feet , measuring from the highest point on the banks . Southward , the plain reaches to Simbirsk , 181 feet in altitude . The maximum breadth of this whole vast lowland tract is ...
Side 128
... Volga and the Dwina , and thence run east- ward as far as Perm , on the Kama . They form the line of demarcation between the great central European plain and the north Russian lowland , which extends as far up as the Arctic . This ...
... Volga and the Dwina , and thence run east- ward as far as Perm , on the Kama . They form the line of demarcation between the great central European plain and the north Russian lowland , which extends as far up as the Arctic . This ...
Side 129
... Volga , as far eastward as the Sea of Aral . To the last named the Siberian plain gradually declines . The southern plain of Europe stands in un- broken connection , so far as its formation is concerned , with the West Siberian plain ...
... Volga , as far eastward as the Sea of Aral . To the last named the Siberian plain gradually declines . The southern plain of Europe stands in un- broken connection , so far as its formation is concerned , with the West Siberian plain ...
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