. A complete geography. ./U. :X|^ \ ^V N 1 L i^ a i. S-iC-. ID go ^j COIB >i •r ^m 1^ O d 0 M 03 w .y 0 4} ,jg ^ OD <J tl) » Tl c T- ai fr. ?I .r-< ^ s OS &^< WINDS AND BAIN 263 belt on figures 293 and 296. Show the corresponding belt on thesouth side of the equator. Effect of Revolution. —The belt of most intense heat is not alwaysm exactly the same part of the earth, being north of the equator in June,when the sun is vertical at the Tropic of Cancer, and south of it in Decem-ber, when the suns rays are vertical at the Tropic of Capricorn. Thiscauses_ all these belts to change the
. A complete geography. ./U. :X|^ \ ^V N 1 L i^ a i. S-iC-. ID go ^j COIB >i •r ^m 1^ O d 0 M 03 w .y 0 4} ,jg ^ OD <J tl) » Tl c T- ai fr. ?I .r-< ^ s OS &^< WINDS AND BAIN 263 belt on figures 293 and 296. Show the corresponding belt on thesouth side of the equator. Effect of Revolution. —The belt of most intense heat is not alwaysm exactly the same part of the earth, being north of the equator in June,when the sun is vertical at the Tropic of Cancer, and south of it in Decem-ber, when the suns rays are vertical at the Tropic of Capricorn. Thiscauses_ all these belts to change their position somewhat, being farthernorth m our summer than in our winter (Figs. 294 and 295). The effectsof this fact are very important, as we shall see (p. 267). Raijst Causes for Rain. — Knowing the wind belts that encircle theearth, we have a key to the principal rain belts ; for winds are thewater carriers of the earth. Water which is evaporated fromthe surface of the oceans and lands, is borne along in the air. Asrain or snow it
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