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... Western coasts - Interiors - Eastern coasts - Mountain climates . CHAPTER VI . PAGE 76 108 • THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ZONES . III . THE POLAR ZONES : • • General relation to man , animals , and plants- Temperature - Pressure and winds ...
... Western coasts - Interiors - Eastern coasts - Mountain climates . CHAPTER VI . PAGE 76 108 • THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ZONES . III . THE POLAR ZONES : • • General relation to man , animals , and plants- Temperature - Pressure and winds ...
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... western coasts of the temperate zones , the climates are more marine in character ; but when they are off- shore , as on the eastern coasts of these same zones , a somewhat modified type of continental climate pre- vails , even up to ...
... western coasts of the temperate zones , the climates are more marine in character ; but when they are off- shore , as on the eastern coasts of these same zones , a somewhat modified type of continental climate pre- vails , even up to ...
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... western coast of Japan , the north - eastern coasts of Formosa and of the Philippines , and the eastern coasts of the southern Deccan and of Ceylon , the prevailing offshore , winter , dry monsoon becomes an onshore , rainy wind . Many ...
... western coast of Japan , the north - eastern coasts of Formosa and of the Philippines , and the eastern coasts of the southern Deccan and of Ceylon , the prevailing offshore , winter , dry monsoon becomes an onshore , rainy wind . Many ...
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... western , and two in the polar zones . The description of these provinces is as follows : 1 1 . Arctic Province . This coincides with the 1 Free translation of original , following Bartholomew's Atlas of Meteorology , p . 7 . north ...
... western , and two in the polar zones . The description of these provinces is as follows : 1 1 . Arctic Province . This coincides with the 1 Free translation of original , following Bartholomew's Atlas of Meteorology , p . 7 . north ...
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... range of temperature is very marked . 9. Aral Province . Dry , low - lying plain , with the greatest rainfall in the north in summer , and in the south in winter . The plains of western Turkestan have CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 57.
... range of temperature is very marked . 9. Aral Province . Dry , low - lying plain , with the greatest rainfall in the north in summer , and in the south in winter . The plains of western Turkestan have CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 57.
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