. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ora . 1259 40cx> 70°72° 92°70° 1530 summer. Daly Waters . 700 85° 67° 28 Rio de Janeiro 224 ft. 79° F. 70 F. 44 ins. \ I c (Monsoon) Mozambique . K 74° 40 1 Mainly BombayCalcutta 35 74°65° 8083° 7978 insummer. Port Darwin . 70 82° 75° 62 Fort Yuma . 1130 ft. 50** F. 90*F. 3 ins. ^ I I) IcjuicjueAswan . 30360 71°60** 6i<93° o*20 Deficient- at all (Sahara) Walfish Bay . 10 66 59° 0*3 Onslow . 84° 64° 7 seasons. (W. Australia) Quito . 9350 ft. 54 F. 55° F. 44 ins. At all I R seasons. () Bogota
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ora . 1259 40cx> 70°72° 92°70° 1530 summer. Daly Waters . 700 85° 67° 28 Rio de Janeiro 224 ft. 79° F. 70 F. 44 ins. \ I c (Monsoon) Mozambique . K 74° 40 1 Mainly BombayCalcutta 35 74°65° 8083° 7978 insummer. Port Darwin . 70 82° 75° 62 Fort Yuma . 1130 ft. 50** F. 90*F. 3 ins. ^ I I) IcjuicjueAswan . 30360 71°60** 6i<93° o*20 Deficient- at all (Sahara) Walfish Bay . 10 66 59° 0*3 Onslow . 84° 64° 7 seasons. (W. Australia) Quito . 9350 ft. 54 F. 55° F. 44 ins. At all I R seasons. () Bogota 8725 58 57° 63 Double maxunum. The Ama/.oQ region is truest to type, for there areextensive areas in the Congo Basin whore tropical RKGIONS IN HOT LANDS 7 grasslands arc found owinc^ to the prevalence of poroussandstone, while the influence of the mountainouscharacter of the East Indian islands is seen in a greaterran^e of forest types than appears on the equatoriallowland. The influence of the plateau configuration of THE EQUINOXES DEC21?T JUNE2I8J. Fig. 3.—The apparent path of the sun at the equator at the solstices andequinoxes. Draw diagrams for {a) London, (d) the North Pole. central Borneo can be seen in the fact that theprevailing vegetation is tropical grassland. The denser forests of these regions have beendescribed by Prof. Fleure as Regions of Debilitation^where the damp, steaming heat causes man to bedegenerate. However, where the forests have beencleared and the cultivation of such tropical products 8 MAJOR NATURAL REGIONS OF WORLD as cacao, rubber, rice and sugar have been introduced—a cultivation which it should be noted is all-the-year-round—the region responds with a rich return for thelabour expended. Java is an example of what can beaccomplished by tropical agriculture developed alongscientific lines, and in this respect may be comparedwith its more backward neighbour, the island ofSumatra. Although Java is less than one-third thesi
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