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... LAKES . 174 Asiatic Lakes . - American Lakes . - European Lakes . 178 CHAPTER III . - RIVERS . American Rivers . - Asiatic Rivers . - African Rivers .-- European Rivers · . 188 CHAPTER IV . - SPRINGS . - Springs remarkable for their ...
... LAKES . 174 Asiatic Lakes . - American Lakes . - European Lakes . 178 CHAPTER III . - RIVERS . American Rivers . - Asiatic Rivers . - African Rivers .-- European Rivers · . 188 CHAPTER IV . - SPRINGS . - Springs remarkable for their ...
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... sunrise this space appeared like a vast ocean covered with foam , through which the tops of the lower mountains rose like islands . In another place the valley below looked like an extensive lake , 32 FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE .
... sunrise this space appeared like a vast ocean covered with foam , through which the tops of the lower mountains rose like islands . In another place the valley below looked like an extensive lake , 32 FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE .
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... lake , surrounded on all sides by mountains ; but as the sun gained power , the clouds gradually disappeared . " MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AMERICA . THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . THE Rocky Mountains form the principal chain of mountains in North ...
... lake , surrounded on all sides by mountains ; but as the sun gained power , the clouds gradually disappeared . " MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AMERICA . THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . THE Rocky Mountains form the principal chain of mountains in North ...
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... lake Buenaventura , on the Pacific plains , that needs little labour to adapt it to the passage of horses and waggons . The southern part of this range is called the Masserne Mountain ; and a single peak of these mountains , called ...
... lake Buenaventura , on the Pacific plains , that needs little labour to adapt it to the passage of horses and waggons . The southern part of this range is called the Masserne Mountain ; and a single peak of these mountains , called ...
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... lakes which adorn the valleys , and by the glaciers or fields of ice which are found in great abundance in various parts , and which are unknown in either the Andes or the Himalayas . These extraordi- nary phenomena lie just below the ...
... lakes which adorn the valleys , and by the glaciers or fields of ice which are found in great abundance in various parts , and which are unknown in either the Andes or the Himalayas . These extraordi- nary phenomena lie just below the ...
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