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... Springs • • PAGE 1 · 15 V. The Atmosphere ; Its Constitution , and Weight or Density - Evaporation - Dews - Mists - Clouds- Rain - Winds 22 27 34 VI . Climate 47 Key to Plate IV . 62 · VII . Geographical Distribution of Plants 66 Key to ...
... Springs • • PAGE 1 · 15 V. The Atmosphere ; Its Constitution , and Weight or Density - Evaporation - Dews - Mists - Clouds- Rain - Winds 22 27 34 VI . Climate 47 Key to Plate IV . 62 · VII . Geographical Distribution of Plants 66 Key to ...
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... springs often occur , possessing a very high temperature , and it not unfrequently happens that the temperature of springs is raised after earthquakes , even in districts distant from active volcanos . These volcanic regions , or bands ...
... springs often occur , possessing a very high temperature , and it not unfrequently happens that the temperature of springs is raised after earthquakes , even in districts distant from active volcanos . These volcanic regions , or bands ...
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... SPRINGS . Turn to the watery world . - CRabbe . ALTHOUGH , for the convenience of description , the ocean has received several nominal subdivisions , yet , correctly speak- ing , the different seas and oceans are but parts of one mighty ...
... SPRINGS . Turn to the watery world . - CRabbe . ALTHOUGH , for the convenience of description , the ocean has received several nominal subdivisions , yet , correctly speak- ing , the different seas and oceans are but parts of one mighty ...
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... spring from the mighty range of the Andes . The Parana and the Paraguay take their rise in a range of less elevation , which stretches across the continent to the coast of Brazil . When the sources of rivers lie among mountains , they ...
... spring from the mighty range of the Andes . The Parana and the Paraguay take their rise in a range of less elevation , which stretches across the continent to the coast of Brazil . When the sources of rivers lie among mountains , they ...
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... springs or by the melting of the snows . They do not , therefore , receive their largest sup- plies from the actual summits of mountains , for large springs are not of ordinary occurrence near the summits of mountains ; nor are the vast ...
... springs or by the melting of the snows . They do not , therefore , receive their largest sup- plies from the actual summits of mountains , for large springs are not of ordinary occurrence near the summits of mountains ; nor are the vast ...
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