. The earth and its inhabitants ... Usk 540 65 Mersey 1,722 85 Eden 995 69 Clyde 1,580 98 Ireland. Boyne 1,040 70 Earrow, Suir, and Nore . . 3,555 119 Blackwater 1,284 104 Shannon 6,060 225 Corrib 1,212 64 Erne 1,689 64 Foyle 1,129 73 Bann 2,242 85 18 THE BRITISH ISLES. In summer, when the temperature of the air is higher than that of the ocean,the latter exercises a moderating: influence upon the degree of heat, more especiallyin the west. Only in the inland counties and on part of the east coast do we meetwith features reminding us of a continental climate. The temperature duringthat season
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Usk 540 65 Mersey 1,722 85 Eden 995 69 Clyde 1,580 98 Ireland. Boyne 1,040 70 Earrow, Suir, and Nore . . 3,555 119 Blackwater 1,284 104 Shannon 6,060 225 Corrib 1,212 64 Erne 1,689 64 Foyle 1,129 73 Bann 2,242 85 18 THE BRITISH ISLES. In summer, when the temperature of the air is higher than that of the ocean,the latter exercises a moderating: influence upon the degree of heat, more especiallyin the west. Only in the inland counties and on part of the east coast do we meetwith features reminding us of a continental climate. The temperature duringthat season decreases with a considerable degree of uniformity from 63° Fahr., inthe Thames valley, to 54^ in the Orkneys, and the isothermals run across thecountry from east to west. Very different are the climatic conditions of winter, for it is then that the tepidwaters of the Atlantic, by considerably raising the temperature of the air, exercise Fig. 11.—Isothermal Lines for July and to Alexander Buchan. 5»WoPC<r. Temperature of Jiilj-. Temperatuie of Januaiy. more powerfully their beneficent influence. The isothermal lines, instead of turn-ing east and west, then almost follow the direction of the meridians, and the meantemperature of the Orkney Islands is hardly inferior to that of London, situatedover 500 miles to the south. In the eastern part of Great Britain, and moreespecially in that portion of it which lies between the Naze and the Firth of Forth,the winter is coldest, owing to the greater exposure to easterly winds blowing fromthe ice-clad plains of the continent, as well as to the lower temperature of theGerman Ocean,* whilst the warm westerly winds are shut out by meridional * Temperature of the Atlantic in Januarj-, on the north--west coast of Scotland, 4-5° Fahr., or 5°wanner than the air. Temperature of the northern part of the German Ocean, 41°, or 2 warmer thanthe air. CLIMATE. 19 mountain ranges. January is a far colder month on tlie banks
Size: 1757px × 1422px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectgeography, bookyear18
