Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . /VjfrMERICABOtrinJStrail . *^* CLtRK ^^ ASIA. 349 pian, the alpine ridges of the Caucasus reach a height of from 10,-000 to 11,000 feet, while iutlividual pealis tower up to the giganticlieiffht of 17,000 or 18,000 feet, as, in tlie still faintly volcanic peakof Elbruz (18,493 feet) and Kasbeck ()—botli, however, onthe northern or European side of tlie main mass of the liigli lands of Syria rise gradually from the neighboring des-erts to the height of 10,000 feet in Libanus and Antilibanus
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . /VjfrMERICABOtrinJStrail . *^* CLtRK ^^ ASIA. 349 pian, the alpine ridges of the Caucasus reach a height of from 10,-000 to 11,000 feet, while iutlividual pealis tower up to the giganticlieiffht of 17,000 or 18,000 feet, as, in tlie still faintly volcanic peakof Elbruz (18,493 feet) and Kasbeck ()—botli, however, onthe northern or European side of tlie main mass of the liigli lands of Syria rise gradually from the neighboring des-erts to the height of 10,000 feet in Libanus and Antilibanus, andslope steeply in terraces down to the narrow coast-lands of Phce-nicia and Palestine. Tlie ])lateau of the Deccan, in India, rises toan average height of from 1500 to 2000 feet, and is divided on thewest froni the narrow coast-level of Malabar by the WesternGhauts, 4700 feet; on the east, from the broad level coast of Coro-niandel, by the Eastern Ghauts. On the north, it is divided fromthe low plains of Hindustan by tlie Vindhya and Malwah moun-tain chains; and, on the south, the Ghauts unite at the sources
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