Recreations in Physical Geography, Or, The Earth as it isJohn W. Parker, 1840 - 428 páginas |
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... rocks are such as appear to have been formed by gradual deposits in water , and to have become more or less consolidated , or hardened into solid rock ; such are sandstones , clays , limestones , & c . Igneous rocks are such as appear ...
... rocks are such as appear to have been formed by gradual deposits in water , and to have become more or less consolidated , or hardened into solid rock ; such are sandstones , clays , limestones , & c . Igneous rocks are such as appear ...
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... rocks in all parts of the earth , and indications everywhere present themselves , that similar agency has been employed in the formation of the whole . A layer of alluvial soil , or of soil deposited by water , & c . and of recent ...
... rocks in all parts of the earth , and indications everywhere present themselves , that similar agency has been employed in the formation of the whole . A layer of alluvial soil , or of soil deposited by water , & c . and of recent ...
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... Cascades and cataracts are formed by water precipitating itself from a ledge or mass of rock , with a perpendicular , or nearly perpendicular , descent . When in their most impetuous character , they are denominated cataracts ; 30 RIVERS .
... Cascades and cataracts are formed by water precipitating itself from a ledge or mass of rock , with a perpendicular , or nearly perpendicular , descent . When in their most impetuous character , they are denominated cataracts ; 30 RIVERS .
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... rock , de- scends in a double cataract from the top ; but reuniting its waters before they reach the bottom , the whole dashes into the basin with a force and grandeur scarcely inferior to the cataracts of Switzerland , or even America ...
... rock , de- scends in a double cataract from the top ; but reuniting its waters before they reach the bottom , the whole dashes into the basin with a force and grandeur scarcely inferior to the cataracts of Switzerland , or even America ...
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... rocks below Dashed in a cloud of foam , it sends aloft A hoary mist , and forms a ceaseless shower . South America contains several waterfalls ; the most celebrated of these is the cataract of Tequendama , near Bogota , situated amongst ...
... rocks below Dashed in a cloud of foam , it sends aloft A hoary mist , and forms a ceaseless shower . South America contains several waterfalls ; the most celebrated of these is the cataract of Tequendama , near Bogota , situated amongst ...
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