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... snow - clad mountain , and trace the river to its source , or descend into the fertile valley , clothed with rich vegetation , and watered by the broad spreading stream ; we traverse the parched and sandy desert , or penetrate into the ...
... snow - clad mountain , and trace the river to its source , or descend into the fertile valley , clothed with rich vegetation , and watered by the broad spreading stream ; we traverse the parched and sandy desert , or penetrate into the ...
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... snow , called glaciers , met with on the highest points , or peaks of mountains , but usually on the declivities , or slopes of the upper mountain valleys . Springs derive their supplies from water , raised into the atmosphere by ...
... snow , called glaciers , met with on the highest points , or peaks of mountains , but usually on the declivities , or slopes of the upper mountain valleys . Springs derive their supplies from water , raised into the atmosphere by ...
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... snow . If the congelation of moisture takes place slowly , snow is formed ; whilst hail appears to be produced suddenly , by intense cold in the upper regions of the atmosphere ; the latter , therefore , frequently occurs in summer ...
... snow . If the congelation of moisture takes place slowly , snow is formed ; whilst hail appears to be produced suddenly , by intense cold in the upper regions of the atmosphere ; the latter , therefore , frequently occurs in summer ...
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... snow never lies long on the ground , but usually disappears as soon as it falls . In Labrador , on the other hand , there are hardly two months of the year perfectly free from ice and snow ; and the latter accumulates on the plains near ...
... snow never lies long on the ground , but usually disappears as soon as it falls . In Labrador , on the other hand , there are hardly two months of the year perfectly free from ice and snow ; and the latter accumulates on the plains near ...
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... snow at all seasons of the year . This greater severity of climate has been supposed to arise , partly from the absence of any large sur- face of land in the temperate region of the southern hemi- sphere , capable of reflecting the heat ...
... snow at all seasons of the year . This greater severity of climate has been supposed to arise , partly from the absence of any large sur- face of land in the temperate region of the southern hemi- sphere , capable of reflecting the heat ...
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