The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 4
... melting snow raise the streams , and these the waters of the Amazon . As the sun crosses the equator and moves to the north the rain follows its course , and the branches that have their source in the east and northeast add their flood ...
... melting snow raise the streams , and these the waters of the Amazon . As the sun crosses the equator and moves to the north the rain follows its course , and the branches that have their source in the east and northeast add their flood ...
Page 71
... melted , and for the first time the real and most extraordinary character of this plateau was revealed . Within the ... melting of the ice beneath , and revealed a surface of broken pinnacles of ice , each crowned by a patch of dirt ...
... melted , and for the first time the real and most extraordinary character of this plateau was revealed . Within the ... melting of the ice beneath , and revealed a surface of broken pinnacles of ice , each crowned by a patch of dirt ...
Page 89
... melted in the warm sunlight , miniature avalanches of ice and stones , mingled with sticks and bushes that had been under- mined , frequently rattled down its sides and splashed into the waters below . Further examination revealed the ...
... melted in the warm sunlight , miniature avalanches of ice and stones , mingled with sticks and bushes that had been under- mined , frequently rattled down its sides and splashed into the waters below . Further examination revealed the ...
Page 95
... melting , stones and bowlders are continually loosened to rattle down the steep slope and plunge into the water beneath . I followed down the bank of the stream , by springing from bowlder to bowlder , for about a mile , and then came ...
... melting , stones and bowlders are continually loosened to rattle down the steep slope and plunge into the water beneath . I followed down the bank of the stream , by springing from bowlder to bowlder , for about a mile , and then came ...
Page 100
... melting . The Galiano glacier is a good example of this class . The Hubbard and Dalton glaciers are fine examples of another class of ice - streams which flow into the sea and end in ice - cliffs , and which for convenience we call tide ...
... melting . The Galiano glacier is a good example of this class . The Hubbard and Dalton glaciers are fine examples of another class of ice - streams which flow into the sea and end in ice - cliffs , and which for convenience we call tide ...
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