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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... valley , only divided by a slightly elevated ridge , from one side of which the large river Ulua flows to the ... valleys , broad and fertile plains , and extensive alluvions , relieved by large and beautiful lakes and majestic rivers ...
... valley , only divided by a slightly elevated ridge , from one side of which the large river Ulua flows to the ... valleys , broad and fertile plains , and extensive alluvions , relieved by large and beautiful lakes and majestic rivers ...
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... VALLEY OF THE ORINOCO . AFTER a traveller has passed long enough time in Central America , or in Ecuador and Colombia , to learn about one - half of what has been told the reader in the preceding pages , he will undoubtedly have for the ...
... VALLEY OF THE ORINOCO . AFTER a traveller has passed long enough time in Central America , or in Ecuador and Colombia , to learn about one - half of what has been told the reader in the preceding pages , he will undoubtedly have for the ...
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... valley of the Paraguay the most striking feature is presented by the water plants , which , in one river , are sufficiently strong to impede the navigation of a stream both deep and broad . " The zoology of Brazil is scarcely less ...
... valley of the Paraguay the most striking feature is presented by the water plants , which , in one river , are sufficiently strong to impede the navigation of a stream both deep and broad . " The zoology of Brazil is scarcely less ...
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