The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 83
... plains or valleys , separated one from another by mountain knots , which mark the spots where ridges belonging to different systems intersect . In one sense , the lofty plains of the Desaguadero , Quito , and others are valleys , since ...
... plains or valleys , separated one from another by mountain knots , which mark the spots where ridges belonging to different systems intersect . In one sense , the lofty plains of the Desaguadero , Quito , and others are valleys , since ...
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... plains which are mere saline or brackish marshes , or dry , salt - white wastes , evidences of the former position of an island sea , when the country was lower than it is at present . Mr. Charles Darwin , whose early researches in this ...
... plains which are mere saline or brackish marshes , or dry , salt - white wastes , evidences of the former position of an island sea , when the country was lower than it is at present . Mr. Charles Darwin , whose early researches in this ...
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... plains is possessed of any forest growth , or monte . * In the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios there are also plains of some extent , but the country is chiefly hilly and rolling , and is more like the southern part of Brazil and ...
... plains is possessed of any forest growth , or monte . * In the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios there are also plains of some extent , but the country is chiefly hilly and rolling , and is more like the southern part of Brazil and ...
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