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... storms ) ; pressure ; evaporation , and also , but of less importance , the composition and the chemical , optical , and electrical phenomena of the atmosphere . The characteristics of each of these so - called climatic elements are set ...
... storms ) ; pressure ; evaporation , and also , but of less importance , the composition and the chemical , optical , and electrical phenomena of the atmosphere . The characteristics of each of these so - called climatic elements are set ...
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... storm control of weather conditions is characteristic , of the cyclonic unit , so that , for ex- ample , the average ... storms and from local thunderstorms , might be determined.1 Solar Climate . The sun is clearly the principal control ...
... storm control of weather conditions is characteristic , of the cyclonic unit , so that , for ex- ample , the average ... storms and from local thunderstorms , might be determined.1 Solar Climate . The sun is clearly the principal control ...
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... storms often affects the economic condition of the people in the district of its occurrence for many years . Temperature . The sun is always well up in the sky . The length of day and night varies little . Hence the mean temperature is ...
... storms often affects the economic condition of the people in the district of its occurrence for many years . Temperature . The sun is always well up in the sky . The length of day and night varies little . Hence the mean temperature is ...
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... storms , the brightness of their skies , and the freshness of the air , all of which are in pleasing contrast with the muggy and oppressive calms of the doldrums . The most de- sirable house - sites in the tropics are very commonly on ...
... storms , the brightness of their skies , and the freshness of the air , all of which are in pleasing contrast with the muggy and oppressive calms of the doldrums . The most de- sirable house - sites in the tropics are very commonly on ...
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... storm velocity over the Arabian sea . In winter , the north - east monsoon , the normal , cold - season , continental outflow from Asia , combined with the north - east trade , generally cool and dry , covers the same district ...
... storm velocity over the Arabian sea . In winter , the north - east monsoon , the normal , cold - season , continental outflow from Asia , combined with the north - east trade , generally cool and dry , covers the same district ...
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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.