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... climate is nearly Arctic , while in countries just north of the Tropic of Cancer , as Egypt , the climate is nearly tropically hot . Between these limits , that is as we pass from the Arctic Circle southwards to the Tropic of Cancer ...
... climate is nearly Arctic , while in countries just north of the Tropic of Cancer , as Egypt , the climate is nearly tropically hot . Between these limits , that is as we pass from the Arctic Circle southwards to the Tropic of Cancer ...
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... climate as Labrador in the same latitude the island would become desolate . HEMISPHERES . 44. CLIMATE OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN These hemispheres are placed similarly and the climate on the parallel 45 ° south latitude should ...
... climate as Labrador in the same latitude the island would become desolate . HEMISPHERES . 44. CLIMATE OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN These hemispheres are placed similarly and the climate on the parallel 45 ° south latitude should ...
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... CLIMATE . Nearly one - third of Europe lies north of the parallel 57 ° 30 ′ N.L. In this area little wheat is grown , the population is scanty , and the territory is of small political importance . Thus Sweden and Norway appear large ...
... CLIMATE . Nearly one - third of Europe lies north of the parallel 57 ° 30 ′ N.L. In this area little wheat is grown , the population is scanty , and the territory is of small political importance . Thus Sweden and Norway appear large ...
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... climate is colder in the east of Europe than in the west under the same latitude : Moscow is much colder than Edinburgh . Hardly half of Russia is a wheat - bearing country ; and in the part that does not bear wheat the population is ...
... climate is colder in the east of Europe than in the west under the same latitude : Moscow is much colder than Edinburgh . Hardly half of Russia is a wheat - bearing country ; and in the part that does not bear wheat the population is ...
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... climate : First , that the climate is moist , with variable winds and much cloud . There is no settled rainy season ; but rain may fall any week in the year , and sometimes does fall in nearly every week . دو Second , as a consequence ...
... climate : First , that the climate is moist , with variable winds and much cloud . There is no settled rainy season ; but rain may fall any week in the year , and sometimes does fall in nearly every week . دو Second , as a consequence ...
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