Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Volumen45American Geographical Society, 1913 |
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... temperature ) season with a marked though not abundant rainfall and a hot and nearly rainless summer . Thus in the northern part of the chaparral region of California only about 3 per cent . of the scanty rainfall occurs in the summer ...
... temperature ) season with a marked though not abundant rainfall and a hot and nearly rainless summer . Thus in the northern part of the chaparral region of California only about 3 per cent . of the scanty rainfall occurs in the summer ...
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... than on the smoother upper or lower slopes . The contrast in density between northern and southern slopes is explained by the contrast in temperatures and its effect on reproduction . Fire. The Dwarf Forests of Southern California 15 PAGES.
... than on the smoother upper or lower slopes . The contrast in density between northern and southern slopes is explained by the contrast in temperatures and its effect on reproduction . Fire. The Dwarf Forests of Southern California 15 PAGES.
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American Geographical Society of New York. contrast in temperatures and its effect on reproduction . Fire is about the only agency which tends to limit the density of the chapar- ral in protected situations . In northerly slopes fires do ...
American Geographical Society of New York. contrast in temperatures and its effect on reproduction . Fire is about the only agency which tends to limit the density of the chapar- ral in protected situations . In northerly slopes fires do ...
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... temperature of the year . But altitude and the presence or absence of large bodies of water are about as important factors as latitude in determining temperature ; all of us know this well enough in a general way , but the thinking ...
... temperature of the year . But altitude and the presence or absence of large bodies of water are about as important factors as latitude in determining temperature ; all of us know this well enough in a general way , but the thinking ...
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... temperatures in the appendix , and you may find “ —36 ° ” corresponding to your day of horrors . And no doubt , from a sub- jective point of view , it was horribly cold to a man who had grown to middle age in southern England where the ...
... temperatures in the appendix , and you may find “ —36 ° ” corresponding to your day of horrors . And no doubt , from a sub- jective point of view , it was horribly cold to a man who had grown to middle age in southern England where the ...
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Página 244 - The Republic of Panama further grants in like manner to the United States in perpetuity all islands within the limits of the zone above described and in addition thereto the group of small islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
Página 255 - Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.
Página 244 - As the price or compensation for the rights, powers and privileges granted in this convention by the Republic of Panama to the United States, the Government of the United States agrees to pay to the Republic of Panama...
Página 244 - The United States agrees that the ports at either entrance of the canal and the waters thereof and the Republic of Panama agrees that the towns of Panama and Colon...
Página 244 - The same right and authority are granted to the United States for the maintenance of public order in the cities of Panama and Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should not be, in the judgment of the United States, able to maintain such order.
Página 244 - ... upon any vessel using or passing through the canal or belonging to or employed by the United States, directly or indirectly, in connection with the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the...
Página 244 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Página 244 - ... as may be imposed by the United States for the use of the canal and other works, and except tolls and charges imposed by the Republic of Panama upon merchandise destined to be introduced for the consumption of the rest of the Republic of Panama, and upon vessels touching at the ports of Colon and Panama and which do not cross the canal.
Página 244 - Canal of the width of ten miles extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the center line of the route of the Canal to be constructed; the said zone beginning in the Caribbean Sea three marine miles from mean low water mark...
Página 654 - These flats were formed by smelting the mineral in a small walled hole, in which fuel and mineral were mingled, and the liquid lead run out, in front, into a hole scooped in the earth, so that a bowl-shaped mass of lead was formed therein. The squaws dug the mineral, and carried it in sacks on their heads to the smelting places. I loaded seventy tons of lead in my boat, and still left much at the furnaces.