. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 34 MEXICO, CEXTEAL AMEEICA, WEST INDIES, miles along the base of the Guanajuato Mountains, and which is covered with a friable black clay, resulting from the disintegration of the basalt rocks. In these regions, comprised in the triangular space which is enclosed by the two converging sierras, the mean elevation of the pedestal exceeds 6,600 feet, and here nearly all the towns stand at this altitude above the sea. Morelia, situated in a low valley at the northern foot of the volcanic range, lies only about 200 feet lower. Toluca is 8,500 feet, the
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 34 MEXICO, CEXTEAL AMEEICA, WEST INDIES, miles along the base of the Guanajuato Mountains, and which is covered with a friable black clay, resulting from the disintegration of the basalt rocks. In these regions, comprised in the triangular space which is enclosed by the two converging sierras, the mean elevation of the pedestal exceeds 6,600 feet, and here nearly all the towns stand at this altitude above the sea. Morelia, situated in a low valley at the northern foot of the volcanic range, lies only about 200 feet lower. Toluca is 8,500 feet, the neighbouring village of Tlaluepantla 9,180 above the sea-level, and Mineral del Monte, in the province of Hidalgo, 65 feet lower. Lastly, the farmstead of Tlamecas, which is inhabited throughout the year, lies Fig. 15.—CoXVEEGENCE OP THE TWO SlEEHA MaDEES. Scale 1 : 4,800,000. 20° &t. 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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