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... Valleys , Plains - Table of Heights of Moun- tains , & c . IV . Distribution of the Waters of the Globe - Ocean- Inland Seas - Lakes - Rivers - Springs V. The Atmosphere ; Its Constitution , and Weight or Density - Evaporation - Dews ...
... Valleys , Plains - Table of Heights of Moun- tains , & c . IV . Distribution of the Waters of the Globe - Ocean- Inland Seas - Lakes - Rivers - Springs V. The Atmosphere ; Its Constitution , and Weight or Density - Evaporation - Dews ...
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... valley , clothed with rich vegetation , and watered by the broad spreading stream ; we traverse the parched and sandy desert , or penetrate into the dense forest ; we meet with numberless and varied tribes of animals and plants , some ...
... valley , clothed with rich vegetation , and watered by the broad spreading stream ; we traverse the parched and sandy desert , or penetrate into the dense forest ; we meet with numberless and varied tribes of animals and plants , some ...
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... valleys . This deposit is chiefly formed of particles abraded , or worn from older rocks , by the action of water , of the atmosphere , or of electricity ; the whole surface of the earth being thus in a greater or less degree , in a ...
... valleys . This deposit is chiefly formed of particles abraded , or worn from older rocks , by the action of water , of the atmosphere , or of electricity ; the whole surface of the earth being thus in a greater or less degree , in a ...
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... VALLEYS , PLAINS . - TABLE OF HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS , ETC. So high as heaved the hills , so low Down sank a hollow bottom , broad and deep , Capacious bed of waters . MILTON . ON referring to the map of the world , we cannot fail to be ...
... VALLEYS , PLAINS . - TABLE OF HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS , ETC. So high as heaved the hills , so low Down sank a hollow bottom , broad and deep , Capacious bed of waters . MILTON . ON referring to the map of the world , we cannot fail to be ...
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... valleys , all varying in extent and in elevation above the level of the sea ; with one exception , however , a large area occurring in Central Asia , including the Caspian Sea and the Lake of Aral , which is below the level of the ocean ...
... valleys , all varying in extent and in elevation above the level of the sea ; with one exception , however , a large area occurring in Central Asia , including the Caspian Sea and the Lake of Aral , which is below the level of the ocean ...
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