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... height . An in- teresting feature of these blocks is that , when the pedestal fails , the block uniformly falls towards the sun , since that is the side on which the melting has proceeded most rapidly . If the meteorological forces are ...
... height . An in- teresting feature of these blocks is that , when the pedestal fails , the block uniformly falls towards the sun , since that is the side on which the melting has proceeded most rapidly . If the meteorological forces are ...
Pagina 9
... height , and the latter upwards of fourteen thou- sand . The area covered by glaciers and snow - fields in the Bernese Oberland , of which Finsteraarhorn is the culmi- nating point , is about three hundred and fifty square kilo- metres ...
... height , and the latter upwards of fourteen thou- sand . The area covered by glaciers and snow - fields in the Bernese Oberland , of which Finsteraarhorn is the culmi- nating point , is about three hundred and fifty square kilo- metres ...
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... height . Doubtless , also , it is partly due to the narrowness of the range , which does not provide gathering- places for the snow sufficiently extensive to produce large glaciers . The snow - fall also is less upon the Pyrenees than ...
... height . Doubtless , also , it is partly due to the narrowness of the range , which does not provide gathering- places for the snow sufficiently extensive to produce large glaciers . The snow - fall also is less upon the Pyrenees than ...
Pagina 12
... height of the mountains is also much less than that of the Alps , but the moister climate and the more northern latitude favours the growth of glaciers at a much lower level . North of the sixty - second degree of latitude , the ...
... height of the mountains is also much less than that of the Alps , but the moister climate and the more northern latitude favours the growth of glaciers at a much lower level . North of the sixty - second degree of latitude , the ...
Pagina 14
... height , formed the usual edge of the coast . " But the motion of the ice is very slow , and the ice coarse - grained in structure , and it bears a small amount only of morainic material . So low is here the line of perpetual snow ...
... height , formed the usual edge of the coast . " But the motion of the ice is very slow , and the ice coarse - grained in structure , and it bears a small amount only of morainic material . So low is here the line of perpetual snow ...
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