The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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In Colombia the Andes turn to the northwest , reaching their lowest elevation at the Panama canal , and continue thence , through Central America and North America as the Rocky Mountains , to the Arctic ocean .
In Colombia the Andes turn to the northwest , reaching their lowest elevation at the Panama canal , and continue thence , through Central America and North America as the Rocky Mountains , to the Arctic ocean .
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At a higher elevation , the trees are always green , and while one kind sheds its blossoms and ripens its fruit another is budding and unfolding its bloom . Meantime , on the top of the mountains is eternal winter .
At a higher elevation , the trees are always green , and while one kind sheds its blossoms and ripens its fruit another is budding and unfolding its bloom . Meantime , on the top of the mountains is eternal winter .
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Three of these , among the most remarkable roads in the world , ascend to a greater elevation than any others , and to a height which in Europe or the United States , would be above the snow level . They were intended to reach the gold ...
Three of these , among the most remarkable roads in the world , ascend to a greater elevation than any others , and to a height which in Europe or the United States , would be above the snow level . They were intended to reach the gold ...
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the engines and stations is by an iron pipe 8 inches in diameter , and 50 miles long , running from an elevation of 7,000 feet to the sea - coast . Seven or eight hundred miles south of Mollendo , a line runs from Valparaiso in Chili to ...
the engines and stations is by an iron pipe 8 inches in diameter , and 50 miles long , running from an elevation of 7,000 feet to the sea - coast . Seven or eight hundred miles south of Mollendo , a line runs from Valparaiso in Chili to ...
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Mount St. Elias is indicated to be not so high by some 4,000 feet as the heretofore accepted elevation , 19,500 feet . ... that the range between the extreme elevations that have been given by different explorers is nearly 6,000 feet .
Mount St. Elias is indicated to be not so high by some 4,000 feet as the heretofore accepted elevation , 19,500 feet . ... that the range between the extreme elevations that have been given by different explorers is nearly 6,000 feet .
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