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... zones , and the polar zones is considered in Chapters VIII to X. No attempt has been made to discuss this subject in detail , for to do so would far exceed the limits set for this book . It has rather been my plan to pick out typical ...
... zones , and the polar zones is considered in Chapters VIII to X. No attempt has been made to discuss this subject in detail , for to do so would far exceed the limits set for this book . It has rather been my plan to pick out typical ...
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... Polar Zones and on Changes of Climate , in order that these subjects may be more accurately presented in the light of recent investigations . A few other changes have also been made , and all errors which occurred in the first edition ...
... Polar Zones and on Changes of Climate , in order that these subjects may be more accurately presented in the light of recent investigations . A few other changes have also been made , and all errors which occurred in the first edition ...
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... ZONES . I. THE TROPICS General : climate and weather - Temperature - The seasons - Physiological effects of heat and ... POLAR ZONES : • • General relation to man , animals , and plants- Temperature - Pressure and winds - Rain and snow ...
... ZONES . I. THE TROPICS General : climate and weather - Temperature - The seasons - Physiological effects of heat and ... POLAR ZONES : • • General relation to man , animals , and plants- Temperature - Pressure and winds - Rain and snow ...
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... Polar zones : general - Scurvy - Climate and health : general conclusion . CHAPTER VIII . THE LIFE OF MAN IN THE TROPICS Climate and man : general - Some old views re- garding ... zones - The continents and the temperate zone - CONTENTS xi.
... Polar zones : general - Scurvy - Climate and health : general conclusion . CHAPTER VIII . THE LIFE OF MAN IN THE TROPICS Climate and man : general - Some old views re- garding ... zones - The continents and the temperate zone - CONTENTS xi.
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... zones : classification - Life of man in the forests of the tem- perate zone - Forest clearings - The steppes - Cli ... POLAR ZONES General : a minimum of life - Culture - Subdivisions of the Arctic zone- -Characteristics of the tundra ...
... zones : classification - Life of man in the forests of the tem- perate zone - Forest clearings - The steppes - Cli ... POLAR ZONES General : a minimum of life - Culture - Subdivisions of the Arctic zone- -Characteristics of the tundra ...
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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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