Elementary Inductive GeographyPotter & Putnam Company, 1900 - 228 páginas |
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... surface of the wa- ter on on the earth consists of either CONTINENTS or IS- LANDS . Continents are ANISLAND the very large bodies of land which rise above the water by which they are entirely surrounded . Islands are the smaller bodies ...
... surface of the wa- ter on on the earth consists of either CONTINENTS or IS- LANDS . Continents are ANISLAND the very large bodies of land which rise above the water by which they are entirely surrounded . Islands are the smaller bodies ...
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... surface of our earth is made up of HIGH LAND and LOW LAND . In many places on our earth one looks out on highlands , lowlands , and slopes , streams and bodies of water . A HILL WITH A GRADUAL AND AN ABRUPT SLOPE . Find them in the ...
... surface of our earth is made up of HIGH LAND and LOW LAND . In many places on our earth one looks out on highlands , lowlands , and slopes , streams and bodies of water . A HILL WITH A GRADUAL AND AN ABRUPT SLOPE . Find them in the ...
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... surface of the earth . When the daylight is for a short time , the weather is colder . Can you tell why ? Can you tell why it is usually cooler on a cloudy day ? What grand divisions are having day in the picture ? What ones are having ...
... surface of the earth . When the daylight is for a short time , the weather is colder . Can you tell why ? Can you tell why it is usually cooler on a cloudy day ? What grand divisions are having day in the picture ? What ones are having ...
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... surface often becomes so heated from the hot rays of the sun during the long day that the nights are very warm . What games do you enjoy most in summer ? What work do you find people doing in summer ? In what different ways can people ...
... surface often becomes so heated from the hot rays of the sun during the long day that the nights are very warm . What games do you enjoy most in summer ? What work do you find people doing in summer ? In what different ways can people ...
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... are snow and ice ; indeed , in many places the ice never entirely disappears . During a very short summer , in these cold countries , the snow and ice melt from the surface in most places , but the ground. 20 OUR EARTH .
... are snow and ice ; indeed , in many places the ice never entirely disappears . During a very short summer , in these cold countries , the snow and ice melt from the surface in most places , but the ground. 20 OUR EARTH .
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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.