Elementary Inductive GeographyPotter & Putnam Company, 1900 - 228 páginas |
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... entire outside of the earth is With the wheat - fields that nod , and the rivers made up of land and water . that flow , With cities and gardens , and cliffs and isles , And people upon you for thousands of miles ? Ah ! you are so great ...
... entire outside of the earth is With the wheat - fields that nod , and the rivers made up of land and water . that flow , With cities and gardens , and cliffs and isles , And people upon you for thousands of miles ? Ah ! you are so great ...
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... ENTIRE PLANT . -ROOT . plants do you are cultivated to man and ani- for their beauty ? COTTON . - Here is the picture of a shrubby plant which is cultivated in warm countries for the fluffy fiber which surrounds its seeds . This fiber ...
... ENTIRE PLANT . -ROOT . plants do you are cultivated to man and ani- for their beauty ? COTTON . - Here is the picture of a shrubby plant which is cultivated in warm countries for the fluffy fiber which surrounds its seeds . This fiber ...
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... entire hollow is a lake basin . The lake is fed by the streams which form from the rains and melt- ing snow , and flow down the inside slopes of the basin . The land which borders the water of a lake is a lake shore . The shore - line ...
... entire hollow is a lake basin . The lake is fed by the streams which form from the rains and melt- ing snow , and flow down the inside slopes of the basin . The land which borders the water of a lake is a lake shore . The shore - line ...
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... entire length , to the Falls of St. Anthony in Minnesota . Its largest tributaries are also navigable . The Mississippi flows through a rich farming district , where the grains . of the cooler temperate sections and the cotton and sugar ...
... entire length , to the Falls of St. Anthony in Minnesota . Its largest tributaries are also navigable . The Mississippi flows through a rich farming district , where the grains . of the cooler temperate sections and the cotton and sugar ...
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... entire year . Glaciers sea . Large. cotton and sugar - cane of the warm sec- tions , are produced in large quantities . The delta of this river is of great extent and furnishes a fine rich soil for the cultivation of cotton , rice , and ...
... entire year . Glaciers sea . Large. cotton and sugar - cane of the warm sec- tions , are produced in large quantities . The delta of this river is of great extent and furnishes a fine rich soil for the cultivation of cotton , rice , and ...
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Africa Alaska animals ANTARCTIC ANTARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC ARCTIC CIRCLE Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic ATLANTIC OCEAN Australia Baffin Bay belong Bering Sea bodies of water Brazil Cape China climate Coastal Plain cold Continent cotton coun Describe DESERT earth east eastern Europe farming Find flow forests fruits grain grand divisions grass grow Gulf harbors highlands important Indians industries islands Lake land largest city live locate the capital lowlands manufacturing Mexico mineral mining Mississippi moun mountain Name and locate North America northern OCEAN Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN PENINSULA plants plateau Port principal railroads region rock rocky Russia seaport Siberia slope snow soil South southern Strait streams sugar summer surface tains Tell tion Trace the rivers trade centers trees TROPIC TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN tures United Valley vessels warm water-parting West White winds winter
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Página 7 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
Página 8 - With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, "You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Página 99 - Granite to me is potter's clay: Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves; The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles, and sift to sand, And beach-grass bloweth and children play In what were the rocks of yesterday; It is but a moment of sport to me — I am the Sea! I am the Sea. In my bosom deep Wealth and Wonder and Beauty sleep; Wealth and Wonder and Beauty rise In changing splendor of sunset skies, And comfort the earth with rains and snows Till waves...
Página 222 - Memphis, Tenn Miami, Fla Milwaukee, Wis Minneapolis, Minn — Mobile, Ala Montgomery, Ala Nashville, Tenn Newark, NJ New Haven, Conn New Orleans, La New York, NY Norfolk, Va Oakland, Calif Oklahoma City, Okla.
Página 99 - THE SEA. I am the Sea. I hold the land As one holds an apple in his hand. Hold it fast with sleepless eyes, Watching the continents sink and rise. Out of my bosom the mountains grow, Back to its depths they crumble slow : The earth is a helpless child to me — I am the Sea! I am the Sea. When I draw back Blossom and verdure follow my track, And the land I leave grows proud and fair, For the wonderful race of man is there; And the winds of heaven wail and cry While the nations rise and reign and...
Página 99 - I am the Sea. The earth I sway; Granite to me is potter's clay ; Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves; The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles and sift to sand, And beach-grass bloweth and children play In what were the rocks of yesterday. It is but a moment of sport to me. I am the Sea ! I am the Sea. In my bosom deep Wealth and Wonder and Beauty sleep ; Wealth and Wonder and Beauty rise In changing splendor of sunset skies, And comfort the earth...
Página 222 - Erie, Penn Evansville, Ind. . . Fall River, Mass. . . Fitchburg, Mass. . . Fort Wayne, Ind. . . Fort Worth, Tex. . . Galveston, Tex. . . Gloucester, Mass. . . Grand Rapids, Mich. Harrisburg, Penn. Hartford, Conn. . . Haverhill, Mass. . . Hoboken, NJ . . . Holyoke, Mass. . . Houston, Tex. . . . Indianapolis, Ind.
Página 22 - For convenience in measuring distances the surface of the earth is divided into two equal parts by an imaginary line, called the Equator, extending horizontally around it.
Página 9 - They are divided into six Grand Divisions : North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. (Europe and Asia together form Eurasia.) Find each grand division in the world-pictures.
Página 222 - Pa., Atlanta, Ga., Atlantic City, NJ, Auburn, 'NY, Augusta, Ga., Baltimore, Md., Bay City, Mich ... Bayonne, N.