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... river , called the Kongo , flows through this hot country . On account of the heavy rains , it carries down to the sea a huge volume of muddy water . In fact , only one river in the whole world is larger than this one , and that is the ...
... river , called the Kongo , flows through this hot country . On account of the heavy rains , it carries down to the sea a huge volume of muddy water . In fact , only one river in the whole world is larger than this one , and that is the ...
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... River . All the softer parts have been worn away to make soil , which has been carried to the mouth of the river , where a delta has been formed . This gorge is about a mile in depth . FIGURE 24. Thick layers of clay beneath the soil ...
... River . All the softer parts have been worn away to make soil , which has been carried to the mouth of the river , where a delta has been formed . This gorge is about a mile in depth . FIGURE 24. Thick layers of clay beneath the soil ...
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... rivers are called alluvial plains , and those along the seashore , coast plains . Higher plains found among mountain ... river valleys . They are noted for their crops of corn , wheat , and other grain . The coast plains in warm climates ...
... rivers are called alluvial plains , and those along the seashore , coast plains . Higher plains found among mountain ... river valleys . They are noted for their crops of corn , wheat , and other grain . The coast plains in warm climates ...
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... river in the wider valley . Some- times one valley meets another ; then their streams unite . Such a meeting of rivers is called a junction . Some Rivers Rise in Ponds and Lakes . In mountainous coun- tries there are many low places ...
... river in the wider valley . Some- times one valley meets another ; then their streams unite . Such a meeting of rivers is called a junction . Some Rivers Rise in Ponds and Lakes . In mountainous coun- tries there are many low places ...
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... river usually lies among plateaus and uplands , by which most mountain regions are bordered . The current of the river becomes slower , but is often broken by waterfalls made by the wearing away of the softer rock , as in the upper ...
... river usually lies among plateaus and uplands , by which most mountain regions are bordered . The current of the river becomes slower , but is often broken by waterfalls made by the wearing away of the softer rock , as in the upper ...
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Page 71 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 260 - This is an enormous figure cut out of the solid rock, having the head of a woman and the body of a lion.
Page 76 - The space between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle is called the North Temperate Zone, and that between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle is the South Temperate Zone.
Page 90 - A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called a strait.
Page 101 - They crossed the Rocky Mountains and descended the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, thus gaining a foothold in the extreme Northwest.
Page 274 - Compare the cotton crop of the United States with that of the rest of the world.
Page 212 - Germany vast amounts of it are found a few feet below the surface of the ground in the northern part of the country.
Page 36 - An island is a body of land completely surrounded by water" and "A mountain is a high elevation of land composed mainly of rock." We struggled through, "Ponds and lakes are bodies of water that occupy depressions in the land." Whatever depressions in the land might be, it was beyond us to fathom ; but woe engulfed us if we could not tell that lakes occupied them. We sometimes had ten or more of these definitions in one day, and some of us were "kept in...
Page 61 - ... the right hand toward the east, and the left hand toward the west. The Making and Reading of Maps.