. Physical and commercial geography; a study of certain controlling conditions of commerce. ain,not bodies of water set in deep depressions. As to soil, this regionincludes the glacial deposits of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Minne-sota, the loess of Iowa and Missouri, and the alluvial plain of theMississippi, presenting a variety of fertile land matched in but fewparts of the world. The rainfall of this district is 30-50 inches and is distributed mostfavorably for the needs of crops; it is marked by extreme regularityon the Gulf coast, by a spring and fall maximum along the Lakes, anda sligh
. Physical and commercial geography; a study of certain controlling conditions of commerce. ain,not bodies of water set in deep depressions. As to soil, this regionincludes the glacial deposits of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Minne-sota, the loess of Iowa and Missouri, and the alluvial plain of theMississippi, presenting a variety of fertile land matched in but fewparts of the world. The rainfall of this district is 30-50 inches and is distributed mostfavorably for the needs of crops; it is marked by extreme regularityon the Gulf coast, by a spring and fall maximum along the Lakes, anda slight increase in winter throughout the Ohio valley (fig. \6,f,g). Cyclonic storms are infrequent along the Gulf coast in summer, butfarther to the north they are common throughout the year, for wher-ever storm centers originate they tend to pass out over the GreatLakes and down the St. Lawrence (§ 106). 65. High plains. Under this head is included a more or less con-tinuous plateau extending from Canada to Mexico, bordered on thewest by the Front Range of the Rockies and on the east by an. <ii?o f=
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