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... Ocean Cur- rents , 11. - Amount of Rain , 16. - Influence of Climate upon Vegetation , 17. - Distribution of Races , 18 . CHAPTER III . Divisions of the Globe General Description of Europe Capitals of the European States FRANCE - 7 17 9 ...
... Ocean Cur- rents , 11. - Amount of Rain , 16. - Influence of Climate upon Vegetation , 17. - Distribution of Races , 18 . CHAPTER III . Divisions of the Globe General Description of Europe Capitals of the European States FRANCE - 7 17 9 ...
Pagina 9
... ocean cur- rents , the amount of rain , the influence of climate upon vegetation , and the distribution of the various races of mankind . The most important of these subjects , and that which exerts the greatest influence on all the ...
... ocean cur- rents , the amount of rain , the influence of climate upon vegetation , and the distribution of the various races of mankind . The most important of these subjects , and that which exerts the greatest influence on all the ...
Pagina 11
... ocean . Air , like other bodies , expands by heat , and thus becomes of less specific gravity ; it will therefore , when heated , ascend , and the cooler air will rush in to supply the vacant space . We might expect , therefore , that ...
... ocean . Air , like other bodies , expands by heat , and thus becomes of less specific gravity ; it will therefore , when heated , ascend , and the cooler air will rush in to supply the vacant space . We might expect , therefore , that ...
Pagina 13
... Ocean and from the north - west on the coasts of Aus- tralia , have been attributed to the rarefaction of the air over Hindostan and the Birman Empire in the one case , and over the great plains of Australia in the other , and occur ...
... Ocean and from the north - west on the coasts of Aus- tralia , have been attributed to the rarefaction of the air over Hindostan and the Birman Empire in the one case , and over the great plains of Australia in the other , and occur ...
Pagina 14
... Ocean , or when the sun is in the north- ern hemisphere , and the north - west monsoon , from October to April on the coasts of Australia , when the sun has passed to the southward of the equator . A similar cause may serve to explain ...
... Ocean , or when the sun is in the north- ern hemisphere , and the north - west monsoon , from October to April on the coasts of Australia , when the sun has passed to the southward of the equator . A similar cause may serve to explain ...
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