. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. CLIMATE. 189 Climate.—Vegetation. One in the aspect of its great plains, in tbe regularity of its geological forma- tions, in the vast extent of its river basins, Eussia is not less so in its climatic conditions. From north to south, and from south to north, the atmospheric waves are rapidly propagated, nowhere meeting with any serious obstacle. When the cold northern blasts prevail, they traverse all the land, and stir up in the Black Sea Fig. 92.—Lines of Mean Summer and Winter Température in The con inuous lines pass throug'h placss ha
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. CLIMATE. 189 Climate.—Vegetation. One in the aspect of its great plains, in tbe regularity of its geological forma- tions, in the vast extent of its river basins, Eussia is not less so in its climatic conditions. From north to south, and from south to north, the atmospheric waves are rapidly propagated, nowhere meeting with any serious obstacle. When the cold northern blasts prevail, they traverse all the land, and stir up in the Black Sea Fig. 92.—Lines of Mean Summer and Winter Température in The con inuous lines pass throug'h placss having' the same mean winter temp-'ra'^ure ; the dotted lines throngh places having the same mean summer temperature. those fierce storms which have earned for it the epithet of " ; 'V^ hen the equatorial currents set in, their influence is felt to the foot of the Ural and on the shores of the arctic seas. No doubt the differences of climate are considerable between north and south, for, apart from the arctic islands and the Caucasian lands, Eussia covers a portion of the terrestrial sphere measured by 26° of latitude, and from one extremity to the other of this vast area the normal difference of the climate is such that the mean summer temperature (36° Fahr.) on the Kara Sea is less than the mean winter temperature (37° Fahr.) at Sebastopol, on the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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