The Story of the Hills: A Book about Mountains for General ReadersMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 357 страница |
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... flow continually from them . The writer has , some- what reluctantly , omitted certain parts of the subject which , though very interesting to the geologist , can hardly be made attractive to general readers . Thus , the cause of earth ...
... flow continually from them . The writer has , some- what reluctantly , omitted certain parts of the subject which , though very interesting to the geologist , can hardly be made attractive to general readers . Thus , the cause of earth ...
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... ; streams would cease to flow ; and the world would become a kind of stagnant pool . The three main services of the hills are these : I. Mountains help to condense water - vapour from the 3 3 II THE USES OF MOUNTAINS.
... ; streams would cease to flow ; and the world would become a kind of stagnant pool . The three main services of the hills are these : I. Mountains help to condense water - vapour from the 3 3 II THE USES OF MOUNTAINS.
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... flow by pressure from the great heart of the hills , slow , steady , continuous pressure , not the quick pulses which the human heart sends through the body . And again , as the blood , after circulating through the body in an infinite ...
... flow by pressure from the great heart of the hills , slow , steady , continuous pressure , not the quick pulses which the human heart sends through the body . And again , as the blood , after circulating through the body in an infinite ...
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... flow of water . We have often asked ourselves when watching some swift- flowing river , " Where does all this water come from ? Why does it not dry up in hot weather ? " The answer came fully after we had climbed several mountains , and ...
... flow of water . We have often asked ourselves when watching some swift- flowing river , " Where does all this water come from ? Why does it not dry up in hot weather ? " The answer came fully after we had climbed several mountains , and ...
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... flow down the mountain - sides . It is with soils that we are chiefly concerned at present . Try to think for a moment of the literally vital conse- quences which follow from the presence of good rich soils over different parts of the ...
... flow down the mountain - sides . It is with soils that we are chiefly concerned at present . Try to think for a moment of the literally vital conse- quences which follow from the presence of good rich soils over different parts of the ...
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ages Alpine Alps amount animals anticline atmosphere avalanches basalt Ben Nevis buried carved cause châlets chalk clouds coast cold colour composed continually cracks crater crust débris denudation deposits dust earth earthquakes elevated eruption flow folds force formed frequently geological geologists glaciers gneiss granite ground heat heat-rays height higher Highlands hills Himalayas hundred Jura Mountains kind lakes land lava layers limestone masses miles mineral molten Mont Mont Blanc moun mountain-chains mountain-ranges mountains movements nature ocean Old Red Sandstone once peaks Permian plains plants present rain and rivers ranges region rise rocky sand sandstone scenery schists Scotland sedimentary sedimentary rocks seen side slopes slowly snow soil solid stones strata stratified rocks streams surface Switzerland synclines tains takes place thick thousand feet tion took place upheaval valleys vapour vast volcanic action volcanic ash water-vapour waves winds worn
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