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... appears to be about 4000 or 5000 feet above the sea . The Dukhun , or Deccan , in Southern India , affords another instance of a table - land ; the general elevation of this region is not , however , so great , usually not exceeding ...
... appears to be about 4000 or 5000 feet above the sea . The Dukhun , or Deccan , in Southern India , affords another instance of a table - land ; the general elevation of this region is not , however , so great , usually not exceeding ...
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... appears to constitute the chief source of the rivers of that region . In North America , the Arkansas , the Red River , and the Missouri , all tributaries of the Mississippi , take their rise in the Rocky Mountains . In the same great ...
... appears to constitute the chief source of the rivers of that region . In North America , the Arkansas , the Red River , and the Missouri , all tributaries of the Mississippi , take their rise in the Rocky Mountains . In the same great ...
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... appears to be raised and maintained by the remark- able current called the Gulf Stream . The formation of clouds is also effected by the condensa- tion of vapour . Vapour is always invisible ; clouds therefore are not vapour , but water ...
... appears to be raised and maintained by the remark- able current called the Gulf Stream . The formation of clouds is also effected by the condensa- tion of vapour . Vapour is always invisible ; clouds therefore are not vapour , but water ...
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... appears to be occasioned by the great rarefaction of the atmosphere in the extensive regions of Southern Asia at that season of the year , the sun being then north of the equator . These winds are distinguished as the south - west and ...
... appears to be occasioned by the great rarefaction of the atmosphere in the extensive regions of Southern Asia at that season of the year , the sun being then north of the equator . These winds are distinguished as the south - west and ...
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... appear- ing to have a rotatory motion , being analogous to whirlwinds , and sweeping round , in a regular course ... appears to be , that the two former acquire some moisture in crossing the Mediterranean , and consequently have not ...
... appear- ing to have a rotatory motion , being analogous to whirlwinds , and sweeping round , in a regular course ... appears to be , that the two former acquire some moisture in crossing the Mediterranean , and consequently have not ...
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