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Page 31
... narrow channel , contracting from over two miles to one mile in width above the Falls , and to a few hundred feet below , these waters descend leisurely and smoothly for half of their 36 miles of jour- ney to Ontario ; then rush for a ...
... narrow channel , contracting from over two miles to one mile in width above the Falls , and to a few hundred feet below , these waters descend leisurely and smoothly for half of their 36 miles of jour- ney to Ontario ; then rush for a ...
Page 34
... narrow chasm , cleft at right angles to its course ; and at the foot of the abyss its forward flow is checked by a basaltic precipice , which forms the opposite wall of this chasm ( see pic- torial diagram , page 50 ) . The mass of ...
... narrow chasm , cleft at right angles to its course ; and at the foot of the abyss its forward flow is checked by a basaltic precipice , which forms the opposite wall of this chasm ( see pic- torial diagram , page 50 ) . The mass of ...
Page 35
... narrow currents seeking escape from the cramping , imprisoning walls of the opposing precipices of basalt . The two sections meet and find this vent about three - fourths of the distance from the western to the eastern end of the chasm ...
... narrow currents seeking escape from the cramping , imprisoning walls of the opposing precipices of basalt . The two sections meet and find this vent about three - fourths of the distance from the western to the eastern end of the chasm ...
Page 45
... narrow canyon , one side of which is Brazilian and the other Argentine . The other current , and the rest of the volume of the river , rushes in a vast , ir- regular semicircle on the Argentine pla- teau , among rocks and islets ...
... narrow canyon , one side of which is Brazilian and the other Argentine . The other current , and the rest of the volume of the river , rushes in a vast , ir- regular semicircle on the Argentine pla- teau , among rocks and islets ...
Page 46
... narrow and so shrouded in spray and mist that the effect from this viewpoint is of one great fall , foaming and raging with increasing intensity as it descends ( see page 59 ) . From this hillside glimpses are also obtained up the ...
... narrow and so shrouded in spray and mist that the effect from this viewpoint is of one great fall , foaming and raging with increasing intensity as it descends ( see page 59 ) . From this hillside glimpses are also obtained up the ...
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