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... regions below before they disappear by melting . Such rivers of ice are called glaciers . The river Rhone springs from the melting foot of a large glacier which is known as the Glacier of the Rhone . 23. POLES . The earth is a globe ...
... regions below before they disappear by melting . Such rivers of ice are called glaciers . The river Rhone springs from the melting foot of a large glacier which is known as the Glacier of the Rhone . 23. POLES . The earth is a globe ...
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... Regions of the world and the part of the North Temperate Zone adjacent thereto present great similarity in their animals ... Region . But animals cannot cross easily from Australia to South Africa or to South America . Hence we find that ...
... Regions of the world and the part of the North Temperate Zone adjacent thereto present great similarity in their animals ... Region . But animals cannot cross easily from Australia to South Africa or to South America . Hence we find that ...
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... region we may call the Sub - Arctic zone with a Sub - Arctic climate . The three peninsulas of South Europe ( viz . Spain and Portugal , Italy , Turkey and Greece ) , together with the south of France , may be classed as in the Warm ...
... region we may call the Sub - Arctic zone with a Sub - Arctic climate . The three peninsulas of South Europe ( viz . Spain and Portugal , Italy , Turkey and Greece ) , together with the south of France , may be classed as in the Warm ...
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... regions : such are Ladoga and Onega in Russia , Wener and Wetter in Sweden , with many smaller lakes of the same character near . ( 2 ) The Alpine lakes , lying among mountains such are Geneva , Lucerne , Constance , in Switzerland ...
... regions : such are Ladoga and Onega in Russia , Wener and Wetter in Sweden , with many smaller lakes of the same character near . ( 2 ) The Alpine lakes , lying among mountains such are Geneva , Lucerne , Constance , in Switzerland ...
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... regions of South Italy , especially from Sicily . Statuary marble is quarried from the Lower Apennines , especially near Carrara , and some iron and copper are got in Piedmont and Tuscany . 209. DIVISIONS . ( 1 ) Naples , called ...
... regions of South Italy , especially from Sicily . Statuary marble is quarried from the Lower Apennines , especially near Carrara , and some iron and copper are got in Piedmont and Tuscany . 209. DIVISIONS . ( 1 ) Naples , called ...
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