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... lowlands is especially marked in win- ter . Winds average somewhat lower in velocity , and calms are more frequent , over continents than over oceans . The seasonal changes of pressure over the former give rise to systems of inflowing ...
... lowlands is especially marked in win- ter . Winds average somewhat lower in velocity , and calms are more frequent , over continents than over oceans . The seasonal changes of pressure over the former give rise to systems of inflowing ...
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... lowlands . The former , as contrasted with the latter , are characterised by a decrease in pressure , temperature , and absolute humidity ; an in- creased intensity of insolation and radiation ; larger ranges in soil temperature ...
... lowlands . The former , as contrasted with the latter , are characterised by a decrease in pressure , temperature , and absolute humidity ; an in- creased intensity of insolation and radiation ; larger ranges in soil temperature ...
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... lowlands . Figure 8 shows the diurnal variation of pressure at Geneva ( 408 meters , G ) , Berne ( 573 meters , B ) , on the Säntis ( 2467 meters , S ) , and on the summit of Mont Blanc ( 4811 meters , MB ) , and illustrates well the ...
... lowlands . Figure 8 shows the diurnal variation of pressure at Geneva ( 408 meters , G ) , Berne ( 573 meters , B ) , on the Säntis ( 2467 meters , S ) , and on the summit of Mont Blanc ( 4811 meters , MB ) , and illustrates well the ...
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... lowlands . The in- versions of temperature characteristic of the colder months , and of the night , give mountains the advan- tage of higher temperature then , a fact of importance in connection with the use of mountains as winter re ...
... lowlands . The in- versions of temperature characteristic of the colder months , and of the night , give mountains the advan- tage of higher temperature then , a fact of importance in connection with the use of mountains as winter re ...
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... . 9. DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE : INFLUENCE OF ALTITUDE ern India , at 6000 to 7000 ft . above sea - level , always has moderate mean temperature , and from the dense jungle of the tropical lowland to the snowy moun- tain 50 CLIMATE.
... . 9. DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE : INFLUENCE OF ALTITUDE ern India , at 6000 to 7000 ft . above sea - level , always has moderate mean temperature , and from the dense jungle of the tropical lowland to the snowy moun- tain 50 CLIMATE.
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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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