The United States, Том 1E. Stanford, 1898 - 466 страница |
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... means of which its waters are carried away and farms are constantly encroaching on its margin . The rivers of the Atlantic Plain are not long , are navigable only to the fall line , and are of importance mainly for the water power which ...
... means of which its waters are carried away and farms are constantly encroaching on its margin . The rivers of the Atlantic Plain are not long , are navigable only to the fall line , and are of importance mainly for the water power which ...
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... means the flooding of vast areas of cultivated land . The river has as tawny a mane as the Roman Tiber . From the arid plains of the west come its great , swift branches , laden with detritus , and below the mouth of the Missouri , the ...
... means the flooding of vast areas of cultivated land . The river has as tawny a mane as the Roman Tiber . From the arid plains of the west come its great , swift branches , laden with detritus , and below the mouth of the Missouri , the ...
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... means of a system of jetties , by which the river current was extended out over the bar , the river itself was induced to scour its bar away , and to carry the material to the deep waters of the Gulf . By this means the South Pass ...
... means of a system of jetties , by which the river current was extended out over the bar , the river itself was induced to scour its bar away , and to carry the material to the deep waters of the Gulf . By this means the South Pass ...
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... mean slope of but 3 : 3 feet per mile . Farther south , in latitude 44 " , the monotony of their surface is broken by the group of low mountains known as the Black Hills in South Dakota . At the foot of this outlying group , which rises ...
... mean slope of but 3 : 3 feet per mile . Farther south , in latitude 44 " , the monotony of their surface is broken by the group of low mountains known as the Black Hills in South Dakota . At the foot of this outlying group , which rises ...
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... mean elevation exceeds 13,000 feet . While the ranges trend a few degrees ( 20 to 25 ) east of south , the edge of the plains , i.e. the foot of the mountains , trends nearly south . The result of this is an en echelon arrangement of ...
... mean elevation exceeds 13,000 feet . While the ranges trend a few degrees ( 20 to 25 ) east of south , the edge of the plains , i.e. the foot of the mountains , trends nearly south . The result of this is an en echelon arrangement of ...
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Страница 423 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Страница 423 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the...
Страница 424 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Страница 75 - Then clouds arrange in strata across the canyon, with intervening vista views to cliffs and rocks beyond. The clouds are children of the heavens, and when they play among the rocks they lift them to the region above.
Страница 76 - There is a descent of perhaps 75 or 80 feet in a third of a mile, and the rushing waters break into great waves on the rocks, and lash themselves into a mad, white foam. We can land just above, but there is no foothold on either side by which we can make a portage. It is nearly a thousand feet to the top of the granite...
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Страница 71 - Those who have long and carefully studied the Grand Canyon of the Colorado do not hesitate for a moment to pronounce it by far the most sublime of all earthly spectacles.
Страница 72 - ... for a moment to pronounce it by far the most sublime of all earthly spectacles. If its sublimity consisted only in its dimensions, it could be sufficiently set forth, in a single sentence. It is more than 200 miles long, from 5 to 12 miles wide, and from 5,000 to 6,000 feet deep.
Страница 75 - ... overhead, its walls of black granite, and its river bright with the sheen of broken waters. Then a gust of wind sweeps down a side gulch, and, making a rift in the clouds, reveals the blue heavens, and a stream of sunlight pours in. Then the clouds drift away into...
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