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Page 3
... winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as they follow up the valley of the Amazon the vapors are partially condensed and fre- quent showers refresh the land ; but when the clouds at ...
... winds blowing over the equatorial current reach the coast at Brazil surcharged with vapor ; as they follow up the valley of the Amazon the vapors are partially condensed and fre- quent showers refresh the land ; but when the clouds at ...
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... winds blow over it on to the land and cool the air ; but as the winds are of low temperature their scanty vapor is dissipated by the heat radiated from the land , and not a drop of rain refreshes the thirsty soil . Many mountain ...
... winds blow over it on to the land and cool the air ; but as the winds are of low temperature their scanty vapor is dissipated by the heat radiated from the land , and not a drop of rain refreshes the thirsty soil . Many mountain ...
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... winds and the evaporation from the vast Amazonian waters . Beyond the valley is the montańa district , where the land is higher and the climate semi - tropical , where there are few creepers , little underbrush , and open forests , and ...
... winds and the evaporation from the vast Amazonian waters . Beyond the valley is the montańa district , where the land is higher and the climate semi - tropical , where there are few creepers , little underbrush , and open forests , and ...
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... winds , where the air heaps up to a great height , this being the cause of the anticyclones ; and he main- tains that the low temperature of the " high " is due to ground radiation , and that no part of the high pressure , is the result ...
... winds , where the air heaps up to a great height , this being the cause of the anticyclones ; and he main- tains that the low temperature of the " high " is due to ground radiation , and that no part of the high pressure , is the result ...
Page 43
... winds . The low temperature near the earth he does not believe could ever be entirely produced by nocturnal radiation from the ground . The high pressure , in his opinion , is largely the result of greater density due to low temperature ...
... winds . The low temperature near the earth he does not believe could ever be entirely produced by nocturnal radiation from the ground . The high pressure , in his opinion , is largely the result of greater density due to low temperature ...
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