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... mountains and plains -its atmosphere , climate , and productions are considered , it is termed ? Physical Geography . And when the arbi- trary divisions of the Earth's surface into kingdoms and states - the government of these states ...
... mountains and plains -its atmosphere , climate , and productions are considered , it is termed ? Physical Geography . And when the arbi- trary divisions of the Earth's surface into kingdoms and states - the government of these states ...
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... mountainous , it is called a Promontory . An Isthmus is ? A narrow neck of land connecting two larger portions . A Basin is ? A tract of country drained or watered by a river and its tributaries . A Watershed is ? An elevated tract or ...
... mountainous , it is called a Promontory . An Isthmus is ? A narrow neck of land connecting two larger portions . A Basin is ? A tract of country drained or watered by a river and its tributaries . A Watershed is ? An elevated tract or ...
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... mountains , the River Oural , the Caspian Sea , Mount Caucasus , the Black Sea , the Straits of Con- stantinople , the Sea of Marmora , the Dardanelles , and the Archipelago . The general aspect of Continental Europe ? Mountainous in ...
... mountains , the River Oural , the Caspian Sea , Mount Caucasus , the Black Sea , the Straits of Con- stantinople , the Sea of Marmora , the Dardanelles , and the Archipelago . The general aspect of Continental Europe ? Mountainous in ...
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... mountains ; and on the E. by a more limited range of moderate elevation ; and from the E. towards the N.W. , presenting a magnificent series of fresh - water lakes of enormous dimensions . The gene- ral aspect of S. America ? A narrow ...
... mountains ; and on the E. by a more limited range of moderate elevation ; and from the E. towards the N.W. , presenting a magnificent series of fresh - water lakes of enormous dimensions . The gene- ral aspect of S. America ? A narrow ...
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... mountains from the rest of the Continent , which consists , chiefly , of three vast plains , traversed by three mighty rivers , all flowing into the Atlantic . What as to the climate of the American Continent ? Exceedingly rigorous ...
... mountains from the rest of the Continent , which consists , chiefly , of three vast plains , traversed by three mighty rivers , all flowing into the Atlantic . What as to the climate of the American Continent ? Exceedingly rigorous ...
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