Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . eple, in thecity of New York. 3-i. <nul Southern Africa is one vast tabic land,the most extensive in the world. It descends on all sides byten-aces, to the strip of low gi-ound along the coast. The Great Mountain Sijsfeni of Europe, comprisingthe Caucasus, Alps, Pyrenees, Cantabriau, and Apennines,is in the southern, or warmest part of that division. 30. In the Xorthern liegions of E«r«y«the only importantelevations are the Scandinavian Mount
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . eple, in thecity of New York. 3-i. <nul Southern Africa is one vast tabic land,the most extensive in the world. It descends on all sides byten-aces, to the strip of low gi-ound along the coast. The Great Mountain Sijsfeni of Europe, comprisingthe Caucasus, Alps, Pyrenees, Cantabriau, and Apennines,is in the southern, or warmest part of that division. 30. In the Xorthern liegions of E«r«y«the only importantelevations are the Scandinavian Mountains of Norway andSweden, which, however, average less than one half the heightof the moimtains in the south of Europe. With this c:^ception,the northern regions are, comparatively, lowlands. 37. Take airinj thrse loftij Mountain ranges and extensiveplateaus from the places nov. occupied by them, or removethem from the hot to a cold zone, thus increasmg the heat ofthe tropical and the cold of the frigid regions, and the conse-quence would be a complete derangement of cUmates, produc-tions, and the conthtions of the The Tunnel in the Ice whence issues a Stream which is the commence-ment of a Large River 38. In the Tropical lierfion of Perpetual Snow is above the line of 16,000 feet elevation ; in the .iijis.—Tem- perate Zone,—it is about 8,500 feet above the sea level; and,in Aretir Latitudes, it reaches dovm. to the sea. 39. The Masses of Snotv upon the. Mountains being con-stantly increased, force their way down the valleys to warmerregions below the snow-line. By Pressure, alternate Thaw-ing and Freezing of the upper surface, the whole becomes agreat stream of ice, called a Glacier, varying in depth fioma few hundred to several thousand feet. The Water thatdescends through the Crevices of the ice unites with springsand flows down the mountain sides through tunnels which itcuts in the ice and snow. Eveiy glacier is thus the so
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