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... Northern Highland of Europe - Scandinavia . 185 XIV . Central Line of Mountains in Asia - Asia Minor -Syria - Palestine - Arabia - Armenia - Cau- casus Range - Persia XV . The Hindoo Koosh - Himalayah Mountains- China - Indo - Chinese ...
... Northern Highland of Europe - Scandinavia . 185 XIV . Central Line of Mountains in Asia - Asia Minor -Syria - Palestine - Arabia - Armenia - Cau- casus Range - Persia XV . The Hindoo Koosh - Himalayah Mountains- China - Indo - Chinese ...
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... northern side , where Mauritania's giant shadows frown From mountain cliff to coast descending sombre down . The mighty range of the Andes has generally a gradual slope on its eastern declivity , but presents a series of rugged preci ...
... northern side , where Mauritania's giant shadows frown From mountain cliff to coast descending sombre down . The mighty range of the Andes has generally a gradual slope on its eastern declivity , but presents a series of rugged preci ...
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... Northern Europe , commencing on the German Ocean , and comprising the Netherlands , Denmark , the northern districts of France and Germany , a considerable portion of Poland , and nearly the whole of European Russia , and terminating 20 ...
... Northern Europe , commencing on the German Ocean , and comprising the Netherlands , Denmark , the northern districts of France and Germany , a considerable portion of Poland , and nearly the whole of European Russia , and terminating 20 ...
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... Northern Asia . Though many por- tions of these vast plains are 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 ...
... Northern Asia . Though many por- tions of these vast plains are 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 ...
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... Northern Ocean , the North Atlantic , and the South Atlantic . The imaginary separation between the Northern Ocean and the North Atlantic , is marked by a line drawn across the ocean , from the southern extremity of the British Isles ...
... Northern Ocean , the North Atlantic , and the South Atlantic . The imaginary separation between the Northern Ocean and the North Atlantic , is marked by a line drawn across the ocean , from the southern extremity of the British Isles ...
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