Sinkiang Or Eastern Turkestan
Sinkiang Or Eastern Turkestan Includes Two Distinct Regions, Kashgaria And Dzungaria. The First Of These Consists In The Main Of The Basin Of The Tarim, Which Is Surrounded On Three Sides By The Kwen-lun, The Pamirs, And The Tian Shan. The Climate Is Arid, And The Greater Part Of The ...
South America
South America, With An Area Of Over 7,200,000 Square Miles, Comes Fourth In Size Among The Continents, Being Somewhat Smaller Than North America. It May, In A Preliminary Survey, Be Divided Into Three Great Physical Regions : The Eastern Highlands Of Guiana And Brazil, The Central Lowlands, And The Western ...
Southern
Southern Chile.—the Last Of The Natural Regions Of Chile, That Which Lies Within The Belt Of Westerly Winds, Is, Except In The North, Unfavourable To The Cultivation Of Cereals. The Heavily Forested Slopes Facing The Pacific Are Believed To Contain Much Valuable Timber, Which Has As Yet Been Little Exploited, ...
Southern Portugal
Southern Portugal Is Mountainous In The South And East, But Contains Large Areas Of Lowland In The West. Wheat Is Grown, But Not In Sufficient Quantity To Meet The Home Demand, And Rice Is Cultivated, Especially On The Easily Irrigated Lands About The Lower Tagus. The Vine Flourishes Round Lisbon ...
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia The Rhodesian Plateau, To Which Southern Rhodesia Belongs, Lies Between The Limpopo And The Zambesi. The Greater Part Of The Region Has An Elevation Of Over 3,000 Feet ; But A Considerable Area, Which Runs From South-west To North-east, And Forms The Divide Between The ,waters Of The ...
Southern Spain
Southern Spain Enjoys Warm Winters, And A Considerable Variety Of Sub-tropical Plants Can Be Cultivated. On The Other Hand, The Low Rainfall Renders Irrigation Necessary, Especially In Eastern Andalusia And Along The Mediterranean Coast. Oranges And Lemons, Which Cannot Stand The Cold Winters Of The Meseta, Grow In Abundance To ...
Sweden
Sweden In Sweden, As In Norway, Agriculture Is The Most Important Pursuit Of The People, Probably Rather More Than Half Of The Working Population Being Engaged In It. The Districts In Which It Is Carried On Are All Situated Within The Region Which Has Been Covered By Debris Left By ...
Switzerland
Switzerland, With An Area Of 15,976 Square Miles, May Be Divided Into Three Physical Regions—the Alps, The Central Plateau, And The Jura—which Extend Across The Country From South-west To North East. The Alps, Which Cover About Three-fifths Of The Whole Of Switzerland, Rise In Places To Great Heights, But Are ...
Syria
Syria The Coastal Strip, Which Is Narrow In The North, But Broadens Out In The South Into The Plains Of Sharon And Philistia, Is Bordered By A Series Of Highlands Which Include The Giaour Dagh, Lebanon, And The Hill Districts Of Samaria And Judaea. Beyond These Lies The Rift Valley ...
Tasmania
Tasmania Tasmania, An Island Lying To The South Of Victoria, From Which It Is Separated By Bass Strait, Is The Smallest Of The Australian States. It Consists In Part Of A Much Dissected Plateau, The Average Height Of Which Is About 3,500 Feet, Though In Places It Rises To Over ...
Tee Savanna Fot
Tee Savanna..-fot The Support Of The Population Of This Region, Which In Places Is Very Dense, The Chief Food Crops Cultivated Are Guinea Corn (indian Millet Or Juar) And Other Varieties Of Millet, Wheat, Maize, And Rice. Guinea Corn Is Grown Throughout The Country, Maize In The Wetter Districts Of ...
The Alluvial Region
The Alluvial Region Is The Most Important From Both The Agricultural And The Industrial Point Of View. It Contains The Greater Part Both Of The Arable Land And Of The Grassland Of Holland, Which Cover Respectively 25 And 50 Per Cent. Of The Total Area Of The Country. The Fertility ...
The Alpine Countries Of
The Alpine Countries Of Austria.—this Region Includes Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, And Part Of Carniola. The Central Range Of The Alps Becomes Lower Towards The East, While The Limestone Ranges Are More Developed Both On The North And On The South. These Limestone Ranges Are Separated From The Central ...
The Alps And The
The Alps And The Alpine Foreland.—the German Alps, Which Attain Their Highest Point In The Zugspitze (9,710 Feet), Belong To The Outer Limestone Ranges Of The Alps. The Foreland, Which Stretches Northward From Their Foothills To The Danube And Beyond, Is Of Tertiary Formation, But Is Covered To A Great ...
The Amazonian Lowlands
The Amazonian Lowlands, Which Comprise The States Of Amazonas, Para, And Part Of Maranhao, Consist In The Main Of Tertiary And Quaternary Material. The Rainfall Is Heavy, And The Rivers Overflow Their Banks And Flood The Surrounding Country For A Considerable Period Each Year. Owing To The Great Precipita Tion ...
The Andine Zone
The Andine Zone Forms The Second Great Natural Region Of Peru. On The Western Slopes Of The Cordillera, The Rainfall Becomes Greater And The Vegetation Improves With Increasing Altitude. Wheat, Maize, Alfalfa, Oats, And Barley Are All Culti Vated To A Height Of 11,500 Feet In The More Sheltered Valleys, ...
The Anglo Egyptian Sudan
The Anglo-egyptian Sudan The Sudan, Which Is Under The Joint Control Of Great Britain And Egypt, Has An Area Of About 1,000,000 Square Miles. Its Population, Which Is Now About 3,000,000, At One Time Numbered 9,000,000, But Was Reduced During The Dervish Tyranny To Less Than 2,000,000. The Climate Varies ...
The Apennine
The Apennine Foreland—west Coast.—this Includes Several Distinct Physical Regions. The Greater Part Of Tuscany Consists Of An Intermingling Of Hill And Plain. In The Apuan Hills In The North, Limestones Of Triassic And Lower Jurassic Times Have Been Converted Into Marble And Are Quarried At Carrara. The Chief Agricultural Products ...
The Armorican Massif
The Armorican Massif Is In Its General Character A Region Of Primary Rocks, Its Most Striking Feature Being Its Tendency To Rise Towards The Ocean As The Two Ranges Of Archman And Pre Cambrian Age, Which Run Through The Country From The East Towards The West, Converge Upon One Another. ...
The Atlantic
The Atlantic Margins.—the Coastal Regions Of The Brazilian Massif, From The State Of San Maranhao To That Of Rio De Janeiro, May Be Considered Under This Title, Although Several Subdivisions Must Be Recognised. The North-eastern Part, As Far As The Mouth Of The Sao Francisco, Consists Of A Number Of ...
The Atlantic And Gulf
The Atlantic And Gulf Coastal Plain.—this Region Is Of Comparatively Recent Origin, Its Elevation Nowhere Exceeds 500 Feet, The Rocks Of Which It Is Composed Are Weak And Unconsolidated, And It Is Generally, Though Not Always, Covered With A Deep And Fertile Soil. Its Southern Position, Low Relief, And Proximity ...
The Balkan States
The Balkan States 1 Topographical Features Of The Region Which Is Known As The Balkan Peninsula Are Very Irregular. On The West, The Dinaric Mountains, Which Are Formed By A Continuation Of The Alpine Fold, Run From The Austrian Lands On The Adriatic, South-east And South Through Montenegro And Albania ...
The Basin
The Basin Ranges.—although This Region Is Divided By The Colorado River Into Two Parts, In One Of Which The Basins Are Closed, And In The Other Open, The Physical Characteristics Of The Whole Area Are In Other Respects So Much The Same That It May Be Considered As One. The ...
The Basin Of Paris
The Basin Of Paris Is The Name Given To That Great Area Of Sedimentary Deposits Which Lies Between The Central Massif, The Ardennes, And The Armorican Region. The Outer Rim Of The Basin Consists Of Rocks Of Jurassic Age ; Within That There Is A Belt, Not Fully Developed In ...
The Basin Of The
The Basin Of The Nile A Great Part Of Its Course, The Nile Plays An Important Part In The Economic Development Of The Countries Through Which It Passes, And Hence It Is Necessary To Know Some Thing Of The Regime Of That River And Its Tributaries. It Rises On The ...
The Basin Of The
The Basin Of The Hwang-ho.—this Region May Be Considered As Including The Six Provinces Grouped Along The Course Of The Hwang-ho, Viz., Kansu, Shensi (north Of The Tsin-ling), Shansi, Honan, Chili, And Shantung, Though It May Be Noted That The Greater Part Of Chili Is Drained By The Pei-ho And ...
The Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo This Region, Which Extends Over The Greater Part Of The Congo Basin, Has An Estimated Area Of Over 900,000 Square Miles, And A Population Which Is Believed To Number 15,000,000. The Country Consists, In The Main, Of A Plateau Of Sandstone Formation, Which Occupies The Site Of ...
The Black
The Black Country.—the Coalfields Of This Region Extend From Rugeley In South Staffordshire As Far As The Clent Hills. The Coals Are Of Much The Same Character As In The Previous Region, Except That Gas And Coking Coals Are Generally Absent. The Total Available Content Of This Coalfield Is Estimated ...
The Black Soil
The Black Soil Region.—the Greater Part Of The Bombay Presidency South Of The Narbada, Along With The Detached District Of Kathiawar, The Malwa Plateau In Central India, The Whole Of Berar, The West And Centre Of The Central Provinces, And The West Of Hyderabad Are Covered With A Basaltic Formation ...
The Black Soil Region
The Black Soil Region, Including The Fertile Steppes, Is The Great Agricultural Area Of Russia, And Its Western Section Is The Most Densely Populated Part Of The Country With The Exception Of Poland And The District Round Moscow. The Fertility Of The Soil, The Facility With Which It Can Be ...
The Campine
The Campine Is Of Little Value From The Agricultural Point Of View, Though Some Attempts Have Been Made To Improve The Soil By The Methods Which Have Proved So Successful In Flanders. A Scanty Pasturage Is Afforded To Cattle, And Buckwheat Is Grown In The More Favoured Localities. The Campine ...
The Canterbury Plains
The Canterbury Plains, With The Surrounding Downs, Contain Considerable Areas Of Fertile Soil Which Constitute The Chief Agri Cultural Districts Of New Zealand. With The Aid Of Irrigation From The Rivers, Large Returns Can Be Obtained, And Over Two-thirds Of The Wheat And More Than One-half Of The Total Grain ...
The Carboniferous Area
The Carboniferous Area Lies In The South Of Wales, And Covers Part Of The Counties Of Pembroke And Carmarthen, Nearly The Whole Of Glamorgan And Monmouth, And Part Of Brecon. The Coal Measures Come To The Surface Over The Greater Part Of This Region, While The Productive Coalfield Has An ...
The Carboniferous Area_2
The Carboniferous Area Is One Of Great Importance. The Chief Coal Deposits Lie In A Long Narrow Trough, Which Extends From Liege Through Namur Into Hainaut, And Which Is Separated From The Ardennes By A Great Fault. In The West The Belgian Coalfields Are Continuous With Those Of The North ...
The Carpathian
The Carpathian Region.—the Carpathians Are Of Considerable Economic Importance. The Sandstone Ridges, Of Which They Mainly Consist, Are Peculiarly Favourable To The Growth Of Trees, And, As Scientific Methods Of Forestry Are Encouraged By The State, Hungary Is Able To Export Large Quantities Of Timber. The Vine Finds A Favourable ...
The Carpathian Lands Of
The Carpathian Lands Of Austria.—galicia And Bukovina Lie On The Outer Slope Of The Carpathian Curve, And Consist In Part Of The Sandstone Ridges Of The Carpathian Mountains, And In Part Of The Lowlands Which Lie Beyond And Belong Physically To The Plains Of Russia. The Climate Is Accordingly More ...
The Central
The Central Massif.—the Sterility Of The Soil Derived From The Archaean Rocks Of Which The Massif Is Mainly Composed, Along With The Rigour Of The Climate, Renders This Region Unsuitable For Agricul Ture, And Arable Farming Is More Restricted Than In Any Other Part Of France, Except The Alpine Zone. ...
The Central Lowlands
The Central Lowlands Are Economically The Most Important Part Of Scotland, And Contain About 75 Per Cent. Of The Population Of The Whole Country. The Soil Varies In Fertility, But Is Generally Very Productive When Of Alluvial Or Glacial Origin, Or When Derived From Old Red Sandstone Or Volcanic Ash. ...
The Central Plateau
The Central Plateau Is The Best Cultivated And Most Densely Populated Part Of Switzerland. Cereals Are Grown, But Not In Sufficient Quantities To Meet The Home Demand, And Potatoes Supply A Considerable Part Of The Food Of The People, While The Vine Flourishes Best Round Lakes Geneva And Neuchatel. The ...
The Central Region
The Central Region Lies On The Brazilian Massif, And Consists Of The States Of Matto Grosso, Goyaz, And Minas Geraes, Together With Parts Of The Adjacent States. Much Of The Region Is Still Unexplored, And Its Geographical Features Are But Imperfectly Known. The Nucleus Consists Of Archaean Rocks, Though Over ...
The Coastal
The Coastal Disnucrs, Along With Which May Be Included The /egean Islands (samos, Rhodes, Mitylene, Chios, And Others), Contain Considerable Areas Of Fertile Soil, But Their Full Development Has Been Greatly Retarded By The Disturbed Political Conditions Which Have So Long Prevailed In The Country. The Cereals Grown Include Wheat, ...
The Columbia Plateaus
The Columbia Plateaus, Built Up Of Great Sheets Of Lava, Lie Between The Rocky Mountains And The Cascades, And Cover The Most Of Washington, The North And East Of Oregon, And The Whole Of Idaho South-west Of The Rocky Mountains. Their Altitude Varies From 500 Feet Along The Valley Of ...
The Cretaceous Region
The Cretaceous Region Must Be Divided. The Eastern Section Is Overlain By The Boulder Clay, And Along With It May Be Considered Those Parts Of The London Basin Which Are Also Covered With The Deposits Of The Glacial Ice-sheet, And Even The Fens, Where Both Jurassic And Cretaceous Rocks Lie ...
The Danubian
The Danubian Districts.—between The Bohemian Massif On The North And The Alpine Countries On The South, There Lies On The Right Bank Of The Danube A Fiat, Or Gently Undulating, Land Which Forms Part Of The Provinces Of Upper And Lower Austria. The Soil, Which Is Derived From Tertiary And ...
The Date Palm
The Date Palm Is The Most Valuable Food Plant Of The Tropical Desert, And The Chief Source Of Its Timber Supply. No Degree Of Dry Ness In The Atmosphere And No Amount Of Heat Will Injure Its Growth. Atmospheric Humidity, Indeed, Is Positively Detrimental To It. On The Other Hand, ...
The Diluvial Region
The Diluvial Region Contains Much Land Which Is Altogether Unfit For Cultivation, And Much Which Can Only Be Rendered Fit By Heavy Expenditure Both Of Labour And Capital, Though, With The Establishment Of Fen Colonies In Various Places, Considerable Areas Have Been Reclaimed. Rye, Buckwheat, Oats, And Potatoes Are The ...
The East Coast Region
The East Coast Region Has On The Whole A More Fertile Soil Than The Deccan, Its Rainfall Is Greater, Being As A Rule From 40 To 50 Inches, And The Lower Courses Of Such Rivers As The Mahanadi, Godavari, And Kistna, Afford Facilities For The Irrigation Of Large Areas. Hence ...
The Eastern Highlands
The Eastern Highlands Are Important Mainly Because Of The Mineral Wealth Which They Contain. There Is A Certain Amount Of Agriculture In The South, Especially On The Western Slope, Where Within Recent Years The Darling Downs Have Become Noted Both For Arable And Pastoral Farming. Wheat And Other Cereals Are ...
The Eastern Mountain Region
The Eastern Mountain Region, Between The Ruahine Range And The Coast, Contains Over One-fourth Of The Sheep In New Zealand. Here, As Elsewhere, The Character Of The Land Changes Rapidly From Place To Place. The Great Alluvial Plain In The Basin Of The Waira Rapa Is Suitable Both For Sheep ...
The Forest
The Forest Region.—several Natural Regions Are Marked Out By Differences In Physical And Geological Structure, Climate, And Vegetation. In The North Is The Forest Region, Comprising The Territories Of Formosa And Chaco, Along With The Neighbouring Parts Of The Provinces Of Santa Fe, Salta, Santiago Del Estero, And Entre Rios. ...
The Ganges
The Ganges Plain.—throughout The Whole Of The Ganges Plain There Is A Dense Population, And Agriculture Is The Chief Occupation Of The People, But The Conditions Under Which It Is Pursued, And The Crops Grown, Vary From One Division To Another. In The Western Section Of The Old Alluvium, Where ...
The Grassland Region
The Grassland Region, Which Includes The Province Of Buenos Aires, The Neighbouring Parts Of Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Cordoba, And The Territory Of La Pampa, And The More Distant Province Of Corrientes, Is The Most Important In The Republic. The Land, Like That Of The Previous Region, Belonged To The ...
The Great
The Great Plateaus.—although The Prairies Merge Gradually Into The Great Plateaus, Yet Between The Two There Are Considerable Differ Ences In Topography, Climate, Vegetation, And Economic Develop Ment. The Latter, Which Are Much More Undulating In Character, At One Time, No Doubt, Constituted A True Plain, But The Rivers Which ...
The Great Plains
The Great Plains Form An Important Agricultural And Pastoral Area, And Contain, Notwithstanding Their Unfavourable Climatic Conditions, Three-fourths Of The Cultivated Land Of Victoria. Wheat Is The Chief Crop Raised, And Nine-tenths Of The Total Wheat Pro Duction Of The State Is From The Wimmera, Mallee, And Northern Districts Of ...
The Great Valley
The Great Valley Is Primarily A Pastoral And Dairying Country, And Contains Nearly One-half Of The Total Number Of Cattle And Sheep In The Whole State. The Western District, Which Consists Largely Of Soils Of Volcanic Origin, Is In Many Places Fertile And Covered With Rich Grass. Formerly, It Was ...
The Guiana
The Guiana Highland.—lastly, There Is The Savanna Region To The South Of The Orinoco, On The Guiana Highland, From Which The Chief Export At Present Is Rubber. Balata Is Obtained From The So-called Bullet Tree (mimusops Balata), Which Grows In The Valleys Of The Orinoco And Its Tributaries, And Forms ...
The Gulf
The Gulf Coast.—the Escarpment Of The Iranian Plateau Runs Along The Entire Length Of The Persian Gulf, Sometimes Approaching Close To It, But Generally Receding From It A Distance Of 15 To 30 Miles. The Coastal Strip Is Sandy, And, Except In Places Where There Are Clusters Of Date Palms, ...
The High
The High Veld.—lines Drawn From Pitsani, On The Main Rail Way Line Some Little Distance North Of Mafeking, To Johannesburg, From Johannesburg To Pilgrim's Rest, About Thirty Miles North East Of Lydenburg, And From Pilgrim's Rest To A Point On The Natal Frontier To The East Of Wakkerstroom, Mark Off ...
The Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula Iberian Peninsula, Which Includes The Two Countries Of Spain And Portugal, Has An Area Of 226,000 Square Miles. Its Central Part, Which Belongs To The Zone Of Ancient Massifs And Is Known As The Meseta, Consists Of A Plateau With A Height Of Over 2,000 Feet. On ...
The Indus
The Indus Plain.—the First Of The Regions Into Which The Indus Plain May Be Divided—the Central Punjab—is Economically The Most Important, But It Is Only Able To Maintain Its Large Popula Tion—over 400 To The Square Mile—by Means Of An Extensive And Well-developed System Of Irrigation. As The West And ...
The Jurassic
The Jurassic Area.—on The Higher Parts Of The Oolitic Escarp Ment The Land Is Suitable Only For Pastoral Purposes, And Sheep Are Raised In The Cotswolds And Elsewhere. In Various Places, Also, Iron Is Obtained From The Jurassic Limestone. Apart From The Cleveland Hills, Which Have Been Included In The ...
The Katanga
The Katanga, Which Forms Part Of The Congo-zambesi Divide, Is At Present Attracting Considerable Attention On Account Of Its Great Mineral Wealth. This Consists Principally Of Copper, But Tin And Gold Are Also Obtained, And Other Minerals Are Known To Exist. The Palaeozoic Rocks, In Which All These Occur, Lie ...
The Lancashire Industrial Region
The Lancashire Industrial Region Lies Mainly, Though Not Entirely, Upon The Coal Measures Which Occupy A Considerable Part Of The South Of Lancashire, And A Small Area In The East Of Cheshire. The Country Is Generally Hilly, But Seldom Rises To More Than 1,300 Or 1,400 Feet Above Sea Level. ...
The Laurentian
The Laurentian Plateau.—the General Characteristics Of The Laurentian Region Have Already Been Described, And It Remains To Trace Their Effect Upon Its Economic Development. The Great Shield Of Archaean Rocks, Of Which Those Known As Laurentian Are The Most Widely Distributed, Although Others Called Huronian And Keewatin Occur In Many ...
The London And Hampshire
The London And Hampshire Basins Lie In Depressions In The Chalk Occupied By Various Tertiary Formations, The Most Important Of Which Are The London Clay And The Bagshot Sands. The Latter Are Dry And Pebbly, And Are Chiefly Covered With Heath ; While The Former Constitutes A Stiff Clay, Which, ...
The Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula Northern Part Of The Malay Peninsula Falls Within The King Dom Of Siam, But The Southern Part Is Controlled By Great Britain, Either Directly Or Indirectly. The Straits Settlements, Which Include Penang, Malacca, And Singapore, As Well As Certain Other Islands And Coastal Districts, Are Administered As ...
The Maritime
The Maritime Provinces.—the Maritime Provinces Belong In Part To The Appalachian System. On The North-west Of New Brunswick, And Along The Coast Of The Bay Of Fundy, The Land, Consisting Chiefly Of Pre-cambrian Rocks, In Which Those Of Igneous Origin Prevail, Rises To Heights Of Over A Thousand Feet, While ...
The Mediterranean Region And
The Mediterranean Region And The Rhone Valley. The Mediterranean Region Differs In Several Respects From The Rest Of France. Along The Coast Much Of The Soil Is Infertile, But Further Inland It Improves And Is Capable Of Producing Valuable Crops. The Climate, Hot And Dry In Summer, Mild And Moist ...
The Meseta
The Meseta Is Of Less Economic Importance Than The Preceding Region. The Want Of Sufficient Moisture Renders Considerable Areas Unfit For Cultivation. In Old Castile, Which Is More Exposed To Oceanic Winds And Has A Somewhat Greater Rainfall Than The Remainder Of The Plateau, Agricultural Conditions Are Not Altogether Unfavourable, ...
The Middle Appalachian
The Middle Appalachian Region.—the States Of New York, Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, And West Virginia Have A Strong Claim To Be Treated As A Separate Region. Their Area Is Less Than One-twentieth That Of The Whole United States, But They Have 23 Per Cent. Of The Population, ...
The Mineral Resources
The Mineral Resources Of Colombia Are Known To Be Extensive, And In Spanish Times Great Quantities Of Gold And Silver Were Ob Tained From The Country. The Present Production Is Small. Gold And Silver Are Generally Found In The Central And Western Ranges Of The Cordillera, Where Volcanic Rocks Have ...
The Montana
The Montana Produces Rubber And Various Kinds Of Hardwood, But The Development Of This Region Progresses Very Slowly, Owing To The Undeveloped State Of Communications. The Weaving Of " Panama " Hats Is Carried On As A Domestic Industry In All Parts Of Ecuador, Which Is Now The Chief Producer ...
The Montana_2
The Montana, The Third Natural Region Of Peru, Occupies About Two-thirds Of The Whole Country. It Consists Of The Lower Slopes And Foothills On The East Of The Andes, Great Open Valleys Free Of Timber And Covered With Grass, And Wide Areas Of Virgin Forest. The Rainfall Is Much Greater ...
The Natural Regions Of
The Natural Regions Of India.—in Dividing India Into Natural Regions It Is Obvious That Physical Conditions Must First Be Con Sidered. The Mountainous Borderlands, The Indo-gangetic Plain, And The Plateau Of Peninsular India Form Three Entirely Distinct Areas, The Economic Development Of Each Of Which Is Quite Unlike That Of ...
The North Central
The North Central Region.—this Region, Which Lies West Of The Allegheny Plateau And East Of The Great Plains, South Of The International Boundary And North Of The Ozark Uplift, Is The Great Agricultural, And The Second Most Important Manufacturing, Area Of The United States. Broadly Speaking, The Land, Which Rises ...
The North Central Uplands And
The North-central Uplands And The Adjoining Lands. —for The Sake Of Convenience This Region May Be Considered To Include The Country Between The South-central Scarplands And The North German Lowland. As Usual, The Bunter Sandstone Provides A Soil But Poorly Adapted To Agriculture, And Much Of The Hessian Uplands Is ...
The North East Industrial
The North-east Industrial Region.—the Mineral Resources Of This Region Constitute The Basis Of Its Economic Activities. Its Coalfields Fall Into Two Distinct Groups. The Coal Measures Occur Within An Area Defined By Lines Drawn From The Mouth Of The Coquet To Middleton In Teesdale, And From Middleton To A Point ...
The North German Lowland
The North German Lowland Is Underlain By Tertiary Rocks Which Have Been Covered In Quaternary Times By Material Deposited In Part By The Glacial Ice Sheet From The North, And In Part By The Rivers From The South. Only In A Few Places Do The Tertiary Rocks Come To The ...
The Northern
The Northern Highlands.—the Whole Of The Country Which Lies North Of The Line Connecting Stonehaven With The Mouth Of The Clyde May Be Divided Into Two Parts : The Highlands Proper, And The Coastal Sill. The Mountainous Character Of The First Of These Regions, The Infertile Soil Into Which Its ...
The Northern Desert Of
The Northern Desert Of Chile, Which Extends As Far South As Latitude 30°, Is The Scene Of Considerable Economic Activity. Great Deposits Of Nitrate Of Soda Lie In A Narrow Strip Of Land, Running From North To South For About 500 Miles, At A Distance From The Coast Varying From ...
The Northern Region
The Northern Region Includes Practically The Whole Of Ulster, But It May Be Divided Into Two Parts—an Eastern And A Western. In The Former, The Debris From The Basaltic Rocks, Which Constitute The Antrim Plateau, Furnishes Considerable Areas With A Fertile Soil, And The Plains Around Lough Neagh And In ...
The Northern_2
The Northern Provinces.—the Two Provinces Of Gilan And Mazanderan Belong, In The Main, To The Northern Slopes Of The Elburz Range, And Differ In Many Respects From Other Parts Of Persia, Chiefly As A Result Of The Much Heavier Rainfall Which They Receive. Along The Coast, The Level Land Consists ...
The Otago Peneplain
The Otago Peneplain Is Much Dissected By Rivers, And It Is In The Valleys Of These Rivers, And In The Beds Of Old Lakes Which They Have Drained, That The Best Agricultural Land Occurs. Oats Is The Main Crop Cultivated, And About One-half Of The New Zealand Crop Is Raised ...
The Pacific Slope
The Pacific Slope Consists Of The Sierra Nevada And The Cascades, The Coast Ranges, And The Intervening Valleys Of California And Puget Sound. These Valleys Have Been Built Up By Debris Carried Down From The Mountains By Rivers In The South, And By Glaciers Or Glacial Streams In The North, ...
The Park Steppe
The Park Steppe Is At The Present Time The Sphere Of Greatest Economic Activity In Siberia. It Contains Large Areas Of Good Agricultural Land ; And The Steppes Of Ichim, Which Lie Between The Urals And The Irtysh, The Steppe Of Baraba, Further To The East, And The Valleys And ...
The Peoples Of
The Peoples Of India.—as The Population Of India Consists Of Many Diverse Elements, And As There Is A Remarkably Close Connection Between The Different Geographical Regions Of The Country And The Inhabitants Of Each, It May Be As Well To Sketch Briefly Their Distribution Before Proceeding To Divide India Into ...
The Peoples Of_2
The Peoples Of Africa.—several Great Divisions Of The Human Family Are Represented Among The Peoples Of Africa. To The North Of The Sudan, Various Branches Of What Has Been Called The Mediter Ranean Race Form The Basis Of The Population. The Berbers In The Mediterranean States, The Egyptians In The ...