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... covered by the waters of the ocean . The whole superficies of the globe ( speaking in round numbers ) is equal to 197,000,000 square miles , nearly ; of this , the land does not occupy much more than 52,000,000 square miles , or little ...
... covered by the waters of the ocean . The whole superficies of the globe ( speaking in round numbers ) is equal to 197,000,000 square miles , nearly ; of this , the land does not occupy much more than 52,000,000 square miles , or little ...
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... covered with morasses , peat- bogs , and other tracts unfit for cultivation , much of the surface is fertile , yielding abundant crops of grain and other produce ; and a considerable portion is occupied by forests of birch and pine ...
... covered with morasses , peat- bogs , and other tracts unfit for cultivation , much of the surface is fertile , yielding abundant crops of grain and other produce ; and a considerable portion is occupied by forests of birch and pine ...
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... covered with luxuriant herbage , the consequence of the periodical inundations to which they are subject . The third lowland of South America forms the basin of Paraguay and La Plata . It includes the vast pampas , or unvaried plains of ...
... covered with luxuriant herbage , the consequence of the periodical inundations to which they are subject . The third lowland of South America forms the basin of Paraguay and La Plata . It includes the vast pampas , or unvaried plains of ...
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... covered with dew ; and the consequences to which this leads in the natural world , are of the most in- teresting character . In clear weather , a thermometer laid on grass , has been known to mark twelve degrees lower than one laid on ...
... covered with dew ; and the consequences to which this leads in the natural world , are of the most in- teresting character . In clear weather , a thermometer laid on grass , has been known to mark twelve degrees lower than one laid on ...
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... elevated surface , or are covered with forests , the vapour becomes condensed , and the mois- ture is deposited in the form of rain . In such cases , it not unfrequently happens that the air loses so much of its CLOUDS . 41.
... elevated surface , or are covered with forests , the vapour becomes condensed , and the mois- ture is deposited in the form of rain . In such cases , it not unfrequently happens that the air loses so much of its CLOUDS . 41.
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