The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . ed out of reach of the surf,and connected by cable with a railway on shore. Harbor workswould be extraordinarily expensive. The valley can support onlya modest project. The relations of Fig. 65, representing the Camana-Vitor re-gion, are typical of southern Peru, with one exception. In a fewvalleys the streams are so small that but little water is ever foundbeyond the foot of the mountains, as at Moquegua. In the ChiliValley is Arequipa (8,000 feet), right at the foot of the big conesof the Maritime Cord
The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . ed out of reach of the surf,and connected by cable with a railway on shore. Harbor workswould be extraordinarily expensive. The valley can support onlya modest project. The relations of Fig. 65, representing the Camana-Vitor re-gion, are typical of southern Peru, with one exception. In a fewvalleys the streams are so small that but little water is ever foundbeyond the foot of the mountains, as at Moquegua. In the ChiliValley is Arequipa (8,000 feet), right at the foot of the big conesof the Maritime Cordillera (see Fig. 6). The green valley floornarrows rapidly and cultivation disappears but a few miles belowthe town. Outside the big valleys cultivation is limited to the best 118 THE ANDES OF SOUTHERN PERU spots along the foot of the Coast Range, where tiny streams orsmall springs derive water from the zone of clouds and fogs on theseaward slopes of the Coast Range. Here and there are olivegroves, a vegetable garden, or a narrow alfalfa meadow, watered ^.LIMITS OF IRRIGABLE LAND ,Fj ,. CO-ORDINATES OF ICAIons. 7SJ0 limits or IRRIOABLE LAND IRRIGATED LAND
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