The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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1 : 0 ( -Snow ( ' rests on Ridges and Peaks . 113 7 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 171 9 - Faulter Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 172 Publications . V PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . iv National Geographic Magazine .
1 : 0 ( -Snow ( ' rests on Ridges and Peaks . 113 7 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 171 9 - Faulter Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 172 Publications . V PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . iv National Geographic Magazine .
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In Ecuador there are fifty - two volcanoes , and twenty of these , covered with perpetual snow and presided over by Chimborazo and Cotopaxi , rise out of a group of mountains encircling the valley of Quito , and are all visible from a ...
In Ecuador there are fifty - two volcanoes , and twenty of these , covered with perpetual snow and presided over by Chimborazo and Cotopaxi , rise out of a group of mountains encircling the valley of Quito , and are all visible from a ...
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... meet the colder winds from the south and strike the snow summits of the Cordilleras , all the moisture is condensed , and the rain falls in tropical showers for half the year and waters the largest and richest valley in the world .
... meet the colder winds from the south and strike the snow summits of the Cordilleras , all the moisture is condensed , and the rain falls in tropical showers for half the year and waters the largest and richest valley in the world .
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Many mountain torrents run from the snow - clad summits of the Andes , and the beauty of their narrow valleys forms a grateful contrast to the dry and barren sands of the plain . In the southern part of Chili and in that part formerly ...
Many mountain torrents run from the snow - clad summits of the Andes , and the beauty of their narrow valleys forms a grateful contrast to the dry and barren sands of the plain . In the southern part of Chili and in that part formerly ...
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This lake is surrounded by lofty , snow - clad mountains , the highest of which is Illampa , 22,300 feet in height . On this lake are the remains of the most ancient civilization of South America . Cyclopean ruins of temples and ...
This lake is surrounded by lofty , snow - clad mountains , the highest of which is Illampa , 22,300 feet in height . On this lake are the remains of the most ancient civilization of South America . Cyclopean ruins of temples and ...
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