The earth and its inhabitants .. . ;ault . 1S31 Sievers .... 1884 1539 Schoniburgk . l»W Chaffanjon . 1885 CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES OF COLOMBIA. 139 cultivable lands at all altitudes and under all the latitudes and longitudes ofthe country. Hence Colombia would bo in a position to welcome multitudes of immigrantswere accessible routes constructed from the coast to the uninhabited or sparsely Fig. .51.—ZoxEs OF Altitude in 1 ; ,< West Hei^h^s. 0 to . OtofiOOFathoms. 3,300 to 6,600 to 13,200Feet. Depths. 500 to Fathoms inno to
The earth and its inhabitants .. . ;ault . 1S31 Sievers .... 1884 1539 Schoniburgk . l»W Chaffanjon . 1885 CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES OF COLOMBIA. 139 cultivable lands at all altitudes and under all the latitudes and longitudes ofthe country. Hence Colombia would bo in a position to welcome multitudes of immigrantswere accessible routes constructed from the coast to the uninhabited or sparsely Fig. .51.—ZoxEs OF Altitude in 1 ; ,< West Hei^h^s. 0 to . OtofiOOFathoms. 3,300 to 6,600 to 13,200Feet. Depths. 500 to Fathoms inno to Feetand upward:?. 2,000 Fathomsand upwards. )S6 Miles. peopled regions of the temperate and cold zones. But the difficulties of theapproaches to the uplands have hitherto kept settlers at a distance, while the hot,low-lying coastlands are unsuitable for white colonisation. 140 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIOXS. OK iHK Land. In Colombia the highest group of nmuTitjiius forms no part uf tlic Andeansystem, but rises in complete isolation on the verge of the Atlantic as a triangularpyramid, with its most regular side facing seawards, its second turned westwardsto the Ilio Magdalena, and its third south-eastwards to the rivers Cesar andRancheria. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, as it is called, covers a space of some 6,500square miles, standing out like an insuUir mass high above the surrounding swampsand lowlands. At a f
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