The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 6Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... feet in the northern and southern portions , but not reach- ing 2500 feet in the intervening region . It has two powerful currents - one ( of drift ice ) on the west , toward the south , and one on the east , toward the north . DAV'IT ...
... feet in the northern and southern portions , but not reach- ing 2500 feet in the intervening region . It has two powerful currents - one ( of drift ice ) on the west , toward the south , and one on the east , toward the north . DAV'IT ...
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... feet above sea - level . Stretching about 20 miles from east to southwest , between wooded mountains , it is traversed by the Davos Landwasser , which flows from Lake Davos ; the lake has an area of one- fifth of a square mile , and a ...
... feet above sea - level . Stretching about 20 miles from east to southwest , between wooded mountains , it is traversed by the Davos Landwasser , which flows from Lake Davos ; the lake has an area of one- fifth of a square mile , and a ...
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... feet . of Moab rises 3100 feet above the Mediter- ranean , about 4400 feet above the Dead Sea ; on the west the plateau of Judæa rises about The shores are abrupt , 2000 feet above the sea . in many places precipitous ; the formation is ...
... feet . of Moab rises 3100 feet above the Mediter- ranean , about 4400 feet above the Dead Sea ; on the west the plateau of Judæa rises about The shores are abrupt , 2000 feet above the sea . in many places precipitous ; the formation is ...
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... feet above the water , ending in a cliff 300 feet high . South of al- Lisan the lake is comparatively shallow ( 10 to 18 feet ) ; the greatest depth is 1310 feet . The level of the water varies considerably with the season ; it has been ...
... feet above the water , ending in a cliff 300 feet high . South of al- Lisan the lake is comparatively shallow ( 10 to 18 feet ) ; the greatest depth is 1310 feet . The level of the water varies considerably with the season ; it has been ...
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... feet above the sea . its earlier sense as designating the presiding or DEAM'BULATORY ( Lat . deambulatorium , senior officer of an academic faculty ; and in Ger- 23 DEARTH , HENRY GOLDEN ( 1863- ) . An. DEAK . Hungarian Diet . After the ...
... feet above the sea . its earlier sense as designating the presiding or DEAM'BULATORY ( Lat . deambulatorium , senior officer of an academic faculty ; and in Ger- 23 DEARTH , HENRY GOLDEN ( 1863- ) . An. DEAK . Hungarian Diet . After the ...
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