A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 15
... range ; and in abundance , and are well watered and culti vated . perhaps that of Khojeh Amrân , which seems to mentioned range . The Hindoo - Coosh , or Hi- be the prolongation of a spur from the last- mâleh , is described by Mr ...
... range ; and in abundance , and are well watered and culti vated . perhaps that of Khojeh Amrân , which seems to mentioned range . The Hindoo - Coosh , or Hi- be the prolongation of a spur from the last- mâleh , is described by Mr ...
Page 21
... range is the second terrace , called the Great Karroo , which is about 100 miles across and 3,000 feet elevated above the sea . It is bounded on the N. by the Nieunveld Bergen , a chain of which some summits are considered to rise to ...
... range is the second terrace , called the Great Karroo , which is about 100 miles across and 3,000 feet elevated above the sea . It is bounded on the N. by the Nieunveld Bergen , a chain of which some summits are considered to rise to ...
Page 22
... range , as far as about 100 N. lat . , a mountainous country extends between 10 and 25 ° E. long . , which may be ... ranges con- nected with the Atlas , extending in an E. S. E. direction . But its breadth is nowhere less than 750 m ...
... range , as far as about 100 N. lat . , a mountainous country extends between 10 and 25 ° E. long . , which may be ... ranges con- nected with the Atlas , extending in an E. S. E. direction . But its breadth is nowhere less than 750 m ...
Page 57
... ranges of rocky fresh waters , and even in the warm saline streams ; mountains . " If we conceive , " says Shaw , " a ... range of bleak precipices . Jurjura , S. E. of Algiers , is a similar tract . The sea coast of the E. province as ...
... ranges of rocky fresh waters , and even in the warm saline streams ; mountains . " If we conceive , " says Shaw , " a ... range of bleak precipices . Jurjura , S. E. of Algiers , is a similar tract . The sea coast of the E. province as ...
Page 66
... range which begins at this road and extends E. to the sources of the Tinea , a tributary of the Var , is called the Ma- ritime Alps , and does not contain any very high summits ; but it is extremely steep , and is tra- versed only by ...
... range which begins at this road and extends E. to the sources of the Tinea , a tributary of the Var , is called the Ma- ritime Alps , and does not contain any very high summits ; but it is extremely steep , and is tra- versed only by ...
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