Text book of physical geographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1874 |
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abundant Africa Alps animals Arctic Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic atmosphere Australia banks basin breadth Cape chain channel climate clouds colour contains coral course covered Cusco Danube delta depth Dictation Exercises distance drained earth earthquakes east eastern elevation England Europe feet in height fertile flows forests glacier globe Gulf Gulf Stream heat Himalayas Indian Ocean inhabitants islands joined known Lake Lake Baikal Lake Tchad land latitude length moisture moun mountains Nile north-east north-west northern hemisphere numerous oolitic Orinoco owing Pacific parallel passes Physical Geography plain plants plateau produced quantity rain range reaches reef region remarkable ridge rises river rocks rocky shores slope snow snow-line South America south-east south-west southern southward species springs square miles strata stream summit surface table-land tains temperature tracts trees tropics valley vapour vegetation volcanic volcanoes west coast White Nile winds
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