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... cyclonic or storm control of weather conditions is characteristic , of the cyclonic unit , so that , for ex- ample , the average duration and value of cyclonic ranges of temperature in the several months , or the proportion of the ...
... cyclonic or storm control of weather conditions is characteristic , of the cyclonic unit , so that , for ex- ample , the average duration and value of cyclonic ranges of temperature in the several months , or the proportion of the ...
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... they are invaded by violent cyclonic storms . The trades , except where they blow onto windward coasts , or over mountains , are natu- rally drying winds , for they blow from higher to CHARACTERISTICS OF ZONES - TROPICS 83.
... they are invaded by violent cyclonic storms . The trades , except where they blow onto windward coasts , or over mountains , are natu- rally drying winds , for they blow from higher to CHARACTERISTICS OF ZONES - TROPICS 83.
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... cyclonic storms oc- casionally occur ; a wet season , sultry and oppressive , with the inflowing south - west monsoon of summer ; and a hot , dry season before the beginning of the rains . The beginning of the monsoon rains usually ...
... cyclonic storms oc- casionally occur ; a wet season , sultry and oppressive , with the inflowing south - west monsoon of summer ; and a hot , dry season before the beginning of the rains . The beginning of the monsoon rains usually ...
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... cyclonic systems of inflowing winds over their warm waters . All these great continental and oceanic systems of spiraling winds are important climatic controls . The westerlies are also much confused and inter- rupted by CHARACTERISTICS ...
... cyclonic systems of inflowing winds over their warm waters . All these great continental and oceanic systems of spiraling winds are important climatic controls . The westerlies are also much confused and inter- rupted by CHARACTERISTICS ...
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... cyclonic or an anticyclonic whirl . In these storms , velocities of eighty or more miles an hour may be reached at sea . So common are such in- terruptions that the prevailing westerly wind direc- tion is often difficult to discern ...
... cyclonic or an anticyclonic whirl . In these storms , velocities of eighty or more miles an hour may be reached at sea . So common are such in- terruptions that the prevailing westerly wind direc- tion is often difficult to discern ...
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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.