. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2Cf st or breenwich Depths. 0 to 100 ïathoms. 100 and upwards. 124 Miles. This gently undulating country, covered with woods and diversified wâth running waters, is one of the finest regions in Mexico. In Yucatan proper there are no mountain ranges ; onl}^ in the southern parts of the peninsula towards the Guatemalan and British Honduras frontiers the surface is broken by a few low spurs and offshoots from the orographic systems of those regions. The quadrangular mass limited southwards by a con- ventional line drawn across the solitudes from the T
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2Cf st or breenwich Depths. 0 to 100 ïathoms. 100 and upwards. 124 Miles. This gently undulating country, covered with woods and diversified wâth running waters, is one of the finest regions in Mexico. In Yucatan proper there are no mountain ranges ; onl}^ in the southern parts of the peninsula towards the Guatemalan and British Honduras frontiers the surface is broken by a few low spurs and offshoots from the orographic systems of those regions. The quadrangular mass limited southwards by a con- ventional line drawn across the solitudes from the Termines to the Chetumal lagoon, is nothing but a huge limestone plateau rising above the surrounding waters, and broken here and there by a few narrow ridges. The mean altitude scarcely exceeds 100 feet, while the highest rising grounds would appear to
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