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Page 29
... Siberia . In the second of these subdivisions , except in east- ern North America and Asia , the rainfall is generally deficient ; irrigation is more or less necessary , and deserts and steppes characterise the continental por- tions ...
... Siberia . In the second of these subdivisions , except in east- ern North America and Asia , the rainfall is generally deficient ; irrigation is more or less necessary , and deserts and steppes characterise the continental por- tions ...
Page 40
... Siberia , are representatives of the two types . Owing to the distance from the chief source of supply of water - vapour - the oceans - the air over the larger land areas is naturally drier and dustier than that over the oceans . Yet ...
... Siberia , are representatives of the two types . Owing to the distance from the chief source of supply of water - vapour - the oceans - the air over the larger land areas is naturally drier and dustier than that over the oceans . Yet ...
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... and west , like the Alps and the Himalayas , separate more severe from less severe climates ; those which follow a coast - line , as in California , Scandinavia , or eastern Siberia , separ- THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 53.
... and west , like the Alps and the Himalayas , separate more severe from less severe climates ; those which follow a coast - line , as in California , Scandinavia , or eastern Siberia , separ- THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 53.
Page 54
... Siberia , separ- ate marine from continental . Large differences of pressure on the two sides may be equalised by a flow of air across the mountain , as in the foehn . CHAPTER III THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES ( Continued ) Supan's 54 ...
... Siberia , separ- ate marine from continental . Large differences of pressure on the two sides may be equalised by a flow of air across the mountain , as in the foehn . CHAPTER III THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES ( Continued ) Supan's 54 ...
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... Siberian Province . This is separated from 3 by the limit of the positive annual isanomal- ous lines , which practically coincide with the Urals . The characteristic peculiarities of 3 are found here greatly emphasised , and the greater ...
... Siberian Province . This is separated from 3 by the limit of the positive annual isanomal- ous lines , which practically coincide with the Urals . The characteristic peculiarities of 3 are found here greatly emphasised , and the greater ...
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Africa altitude ANNUAL MARCH Antarctic anticyclonic Arctic Arctic circle Asia chiefly civilisation climatology cloudiness cold colder continental climate continents cool crops curve cyclonic damp decrease deserts disease distribution districts diurnal drier dry season earth's surface east eastern coasts effect equator equatorial Europe favourable forests Greenland heat higher latitudes humidity important increasing India insolation irrigation islands isotherm land latitude circle less lowlands malaria margins maxima maximum mean annual mean temperature Meteorology migration monsoon months mountain climates natives natural North America north polar northern oceans perature period plateaus polar climate polar zones pole population pressure prevailing Province rainfall rainy season regions result savannas sea-level Siberia snow southern hemisphere steppes storms sub-tropical sub-tropical belts summer sunspot temperature tion trade wind trees tropics tude tundra usually vegetation warm warmer weather west coast westerlies western yellow fever
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Page 273 - ... to the vigorous employment of all his faculties. A more economical Nature yields nothing, except to the sweat of his brow; every gift on her part is a recompense for effort on his.