Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . art on page 25.) 54. On trhicli Coast of Greenland is Rain most AhundanI ? On which Bideof Norway ? France ? Spain 1 Arabia ? Australia 1 Hudsons Bay ? 55. What Great Hirer in Africa flows through the rainless district 1Whence does the Nile receive its waters ? 56. If no Ocean intervened hetireen America and Europe, the absence of rain alone would make Europe desolate. 57. The Great Rainless Region of the Old World includesthe Great Desert of Aiiica and the d
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . art on page 25.) 54. On trhicli Coast of Greenland is Rain most AhundanI ? On which Bideof Norway ? France ? Spain 1 Arabia ? Australia 1 Hudsons Bay ? 55. What Great Hirer in Africa flows through the rainless district 1Whence does the Nile receive its waters ? 56. If no Ocean intervened hetireen America and Europe, the absence of rain alone would make Europe desolate. 57. The Great Rainless Region of the Old World includesthe Great Desert of Aiiica and the deserts of Arabia, Persia,and Gobi. 58. Their Condition is caused, mainly, by their interiorposition, the comparative drjTiess of the winds, and the ab-sence of lofty peaks that would act as condensers of the thinand scattered vapor which floats over them. 59. In the New World, the principal rainless districts arein Mexico and Central America, and in South America, on thewestern side of the Andes. 60. In some Places uhcre Rain seldom, or never falls,vegetation is sustained by frequent and heavy dews. SIOXTEITirS PHYSICAL Chart showing Isothermal Zones and the Mean Annual Temperature of the Different Parts of the Earths Surface. Seaion XVII. (^^ mUMATE-ISOTHERMAL SEINES. 1. Climate is the condition of a place in relation, cliiefly, tothe temperature and moisture of the atmosphere. 2. Inotherms, or Tsoflicfuiftl Lines, are hues drawn on aa chart through places of equal mean temperatuie. 3. Mean Annual Tewperatiire is midway between the heatof summer and the cold of wanter. In Cincinnati the meantemperatvire of summer is 73°, and of -n-inter, 33°; the meanannual temperature is 53°, which is obtained thus : 2 =^^- 4. If the Temperature diminished riniformly from theEquator to the poles, isothermal Unes would correspond withparallels of latitude. 5. Their Directions are various, and indicate the influenceupon cUmate, of ocean currents, winds, high mountains, frozenplai
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