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... in the temperate zones : general -Northward movement of civilisation in the north temperate zone - Present - day migrations within the PAGB 220 272 temperate zones - The continents and the temperate zone - CONTENTS xi.
... in the temperate zones : general -Northward movement of civilisation in the north temperate zone - Present - day migrations within the PAGB 220 272 temperate zones - The continents and the temperate zone - CONTENTS xi.
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... migrating calms , rains , and monsoons . On the polar margins of the trade wind zone lie the sub - tropical belts , of alternating trades and westerlies . The temperate zones , with the great irregularity of their weather phenomena and ...
... migrating calms , rains , and monsoons . On the polar margins of the trade wind zone lie the sub - tropical belts , of alternating trades and westerlies . The temperate zones , with the great irregularity of their weather phenomena and ...
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... migration of these belts . The shifting of the boundaries of the torrid zone also brings in an element of uncertainty which is some- what confusing , although , as a place in the sub - tropi- cal belt really changes its climate with the ...
... migration of these belts . The shifting of the boundaries of the torrid zone also brings in an element of uncertainty which is some- what confusing , although , as a place in the sub - tropi- cal belt really changes its climate with the ...
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... migration of the level of maximum cloudiness , and of maximum relative humidity , from the lowlands in winter to higher altitudes in the warmer months , in association with the diurnal con- vectional movements of the warmer season ...
... migration of the level of maximum cloudiness , and of maximum relative humidity , from the lowlands in winter to higher altitudes in the warmer months , in association with the diurnal con- vectional movements of the warmer season ...
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... migrating belt of equa- torial rains and by monsoons ; near lands , they are often interfered with by land and sea breezes ; in certain regions , they are invaded by violent cyclonic storms . The trades , except where they blow onto ...
... migrating belt of equa- torial rains and by monsoons ; near lands , they are often interfered with by land and sea breezes ; in certain regions , they are invaded by violent cyclonic storms . The trades , except where they blow onto ...
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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.