. The Andes of southern Peru; geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian. Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911); Physical geography; Geology. CHAPTER III THE RUBBER FORESTS The white limestone cliffs at Pongo de Mainique are a bound- ary between two great geographic provinces (Fig. 17). Down val- ley are the vast river plains, drained by broad meandering rivers;. Fig. 17—Regional diagram of the Eastern Andes (here the Cordillera Vileapampa) and the adjacent tropical plains. For an explanation of the method of construction and the symbolism of the diagram see p. 51. up valley are th
. The Andes of southern Peru; geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian. Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911); Physical geography; Geology. CHAPTER III THE RUBBER FORESTS The white limestone cliffs at Pongo de Mainique are a bound- ary between two great geographic provinces (Fig. 17). Down val- ley are the vast river plains, drained by broad meandering rivers;. Fig. 17—Regional diagram of the Eastern Andes (here the Cordillera Vileapampa) and the adjacent tropical plains. For an explanation of the method of construction and the symbolism of the diagram see p. 51. up valley are the rugged spurs of the eastern Andes and their en- canyoned streams (Fig. 18). There are outliers of the Andes still farther toward the northeast where hangs the inevitable haze of the tropical horizon, but the country beyond them differs in no important respect from that immediately below the Pongo. The foot-path to the summit of the cliffs is too narrow and 22. 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 Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950; American Geographical Society of New York. New York, Published for the Americsn Geographical Society of New York by H. Holt
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