Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, Band 38

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Seite 707 - Climatological Atlas of India. Published by the Authority of the Government of India under the Direction of Sir John Eliot, KCIE, FRS, late Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director-General of Indian Observatories.
Seite 804 - ... the United States, a place where the means will be afforded of obtaining accurate information for public use of every part of the globe. The Society has been in existence since 1852.
Seite 71 - There is, indeed, in this idea of a causal or explanatory relationship the most definite, if not the only, unifying principle that I can find in geography. All the more reason, then, that the principle should be recognized and acted upon by those who have the fuller development of geographical science at heart. Geography as the Study of Location or of Distribution.
Seite 493 - ... indicated by the minor and still undegraded scarps. Probably every movement on this line produced an earthquake, the severity of which was proportionate to the amount of movement. " The cause of these movements in general terms is that stresses are generated in the earth's crust which accumulate till they exceed the strength of the rocks composing the crust, and they find a relief in a sudden rupture. This establishes the plane of dislocation in the first instance, and in future movements the...
Seite 642 - Rowe, Samuel. A perambulation of the antient and royal forest of Dartmoor and the Venville precincts, or a topographical survey of their antiquities and scenery.
Seite 450 - The World of to-day. A survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce.
Seite 46 - WS 137. Development of underground waters in the eastern coastal plain region of southern California, by WC Mendenhall.
Seite 494 - Mendocino counties a differential vertical movement not exceeding four feet, so far as at present known, whereby the southwest side of the rift was raised relatively to the northeast side, so as to present a low scarp facing the northeast. This vertical movement diminishes to the southeast along the rift line, and in San Mateo County is scarcely if at all observable.
Seite 413 - The city lies towards the west ; the people are idolaters ; and outside the city is the palace of the Prince Mangalai, crowned king and son of the Great Kaan, as I told you before. This is a fine palace and a great, as I will tell you. It stands in a great plain abounding in lakes and streams and springs of water. Round about it is a massive and lofty wall, five miles in compass, well built, and all garnished with battlements.
Seite 472 - Cochabambo. 10. Cool and moderately damp: Vienna, Melbourne, Toronto, Chicago. 11. Cool and dry: Tashkent, Simla, Cheyenne. 12. Cool and very dry : Yarkand, Denver. 13. Cold (temperature 32° or less) and very damp : Ben Nevis, Sagastyr...

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