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... European Lowland - Belgium - Holland - Den- mark - Lower Germany - Poland - Russia- Northern Highland of Europe - Scandinavia . 185 XIV . Central Line of Mountains in Asia - Asia Minor -Syria - Palestine - Arabia - Armenia - Cau- casus ...
... European Lowland - Belgium - Holland - Den- mark - Lower Germany - Poland - Russia- Northern Highland of Europe - Scandinavia . 185 XIV . Central Line of Mountains in Asia - Asia Minor -Syria - Palestine - Arabia - Armenia - Cau- casus ...
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... Europe and Asia , the volcanic band runs parallel to the grand mountain ranges of those regions ; and in America , it extends along the line of the mighty Andes . In more scattered volcanic groups , such as the Polynesian volcanic ...
... Europe and Asia , the volcanic band runs parallel to the grand mountain ranges of those regions ; and in America , it extends along the line of the mighty Andes . In more scattered volcanic groups , such as the Polynesian volcanic ...
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... Europe , Asia , Africa , and America ; but more correctly , there are only two continents , -two vast and detached portions of the globe , -- the Old World and the New World ; nay , in fact , these are but larger islands , though , on ...
... Europe , Asia , Africa , and America ; but more correctly , there are only two continents , -two vast and detached portions of the globe , -- the Old World and the New World ; nay , in fact , these are but larger islands , though , on ...
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... Europe , on the Atlantic , to those of Asia , on the Pacific Ocean . In Africa the mountain ranges are less known . The Atlas range , which stretches in the same direction as the great European and Asiatic line , is considered to form a ...
... Europe , on the Atlantic , to those of Asia , on the Pacific Ocean . In Africa the mountain ranges are less known . The Atlas range , which stretches in the same direction as the great European and Asiatic line , is considered to form a ...
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... Europe , is answered by the receding of the opposite shores of North America . The dry land is elevated into mountains and highlands , spread forth in plains , or depressed into valleys , all varying in extent and in elevation above the ...
... Europe , is answered by the receding of the opposite shores of North America . The dry land is elevated into mountains and highlands , spread forth in plains , or depressed into valleys , all varying in extent and in elevation above the ...
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