The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... flow into the Pacific ocean . The rivers that rise on the eastern slope , in northern Peru and Ecuador , force their way through the Cordilleras and at their foot drain the montańa of Bolivia , Peru and Brazil . In the southern part of ...
... flow into the Pacific ocean . The rivers that rise on the eastern slope , in northern Peru and Ecuador , force their way through the Cordilleras and at their foot drain the montańa of Bolivia , Peru and Brazil . In the southern part of ...
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... flows along the western coast of Africa to the equator , where it is deflected across the Atlantic ocean and becomes ... flow , watering three - fourths of South America . The Orinoco . The headwaters of the Orinoco rise in two ranges of ...
... flows along the western coast of Africa to the equator , where it is deflected across the Atlantic ocean and becomes ... flow , watering three - fourths of South America . The Orinoco . The headwaters of the Orinoco rise in two ranges of ...
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... flows north about 1200 miles between parallel ranges of mountains , then turns east and forces its way through the coast range to the Atlantic ocean . It runs through the gold and diamond regions of Brazil , and has a considerable ...
... flows north about 1200 miles between parallel ranges of mountains , then turns east and forces its way through the coast range to the Atlantic ocean . It runs through the gold and diamond regions of Brazil , and has a considerable ...
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... flow from the Amazonian mountains to the ocean . The whole coast is low and fertile , but hot and unhealthy . The principal product is sugar , raised by negroes and coolies . The interior is sultry and thickly wooded ; it is inhabited ...
... flow from the Amazonian mountains to the ocean . The whole coast is low and fertile , but hot and unhealthy . The principal product is sugar , raised by negroes and coolies . The interior is sultry and thickly wooded ; it is inhabited ...
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... flow southeastward to the Atlantic . THE ABORIGINES . The aborigines of America , except the Esquimaux , are unlike the natives of other countries ; the most marked difference is in their language . They are divided into a number of ...
... flow southeastward to the Atlantic . THE ABORIGINES . The aborigines of America , except the Esquimaux , are unlike the natives of other countries ; the most marked difference is in their language . They are divided into a number of ...
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