The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... plateau extending from the Straits of Magellan to the Caribbean sea . THE MOUNTAINS . The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn , run in a northerly course through Patagonia and southern Chili ; thence continuing in three nearly ...
... plateau extending from the Straits of Magellan to the Caribbean sea . THE MOUNTAINS . The Andes rise in the extreme south at Cape Horn , run in a northerly course through Patagonia and southern Chili ; thence continuing in three nearly ...
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... plateau , at an elevation of from twelve to fourteen thousand feet . The streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ranges of mountains , the continental or ...
... plateau , at an elevation of from twelve to fourteen thousand feet . The streams that rise in this sierra either empty into salt or alkaline lakes or sink into the ground . Unlike all other long ranges of mountains , the continental or ...
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... plateau between twelve and thirteen thousand feet in height , the most elevated table land on the globe , excepting Thibet . This lake is surrounded by lofty , snow - clad mountains , the highest of which is Illampa , 22,300 feet in ...
... plateau between twelve and thirteen thousand feet in height , the most elevated table land on the globe , excepting Thibet . This lake is surrounded by lofty , snow - clad mountains , the highest of which is Illampa , 22,300 feet in ...
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... plateau in the world , after Thibet . The southern part of this plateau is dry and desolate , the northern portion is well watered , with beautiful streams running now through deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily ...
... plateau in the world , after Thibet . The southern part of this plateau is dry and desolate , the northern portion is well watered , with beautiful streams running now through deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily ...
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... plateau between the Andes and the Cordilleras . It is expected that this road will be extended to the navigable waters of the Amazon . Three hundred miles southward , the second road runs from Molendo , Peru , by Arequipa to Puno on ...
... plateau between the Andes and the Cordilleras . It is expected that this road will be extended to the navigable waters of the Amazon . Three hundred miles southward , the second road runs from Molendo , Peru , by Arequipa to Puno on ...
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