Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 sider |
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... American lakes , the lakes of Northern Europe and Central Asia , and the greater and more permanent rivers - as the St Law- rence , Mackenzie , and Mississippi in North America ; the Amazon , Orinocco , and La Plata in South America ...
... American lakes , the lakes of Northern Europe and Central Asia , and the greater and more permanent rivers - as the St Law- rence , Mackenzie , and Mississippi in North America ; the Amazon , Orinocco , and La Plata in South America ...
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... South America be severed by the disappearance of Panama - let the bed of the Atlantic be up- raised so as to deflect ... South America in the latter ; together with a south or insular division , embracing Australia , & c . , under the ...
... South America be severed by the disappearance of Panama - let the bed of the Atlantic be up- raised so as to deflect ... South America in the latter ; together with a south or insular division , embracing Australia , & c . , under the ...
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David Page. perate latitudes ! How different also the condition of North and South America if , instead of stretching from north to south , through all the different zones of temperature , they had lain , like the Old World , from east ...
David Page. perate latitudes ! How different also the condition of North and South America if , instead of stretching from north to south , through all the different zones of temperature , they had lain , like the Old World , from east ...
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... south , they gradually grow narrower , and terminate in far - separated promon- tories . Indeed , the southward trending of the great lobes of South America , Africa , and Australia , and their separation from their main continents by ...
... south , they gradually grow narrower , and terminate in far - separated promon- tories . Indeed , the southward trending of the great lobes of South America , Africa , and Australia , and their separation from their main continents by ...
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... America , 7,200,000 28,000 260 South America , 6,800,000 16,500 420 Australia ,. 3,500,000 7,600 460 Here it will be seen that Europe has 1 mile of coast for every 170 square miles of surface , and North America 1 mile of coast for ...
... America , 7,200,000 28,000 260 South America , 6,800,000 16,500 420 Australia ,. 3,500,000 7,600 460 Here it will be seen that Europe has 1 mile of coast for every 170 square miles of surface , and North America 1 mile of coast for ...
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