The Philippine Islands
The Philippine Islands The Philippine Islands, Which Are Believed To Number Over 1,400, Have An Area Of About 127,000 Square Miles. Luzon, The Largest, Covers 41,000 Square Miles, While Mindaflao Is Not Much Smaller. Of The Others, Cebu, Negros, Leyte, And Panay May Be Mentioned. Most Of The Islands Are ...
The Plains
The Plains Constitute The Great Agricultural Region Of Hungary, And Over Two-thirds Of Their Area Is Now Devoted To Arable Farming. Wheat, Which Is The Most Important Crop, Is Cultivated Mainly In The Southern Part Of The Alfold, But Is Also Grown In The North About The Carpathian Foothills, And ...
The Plains Of The
The Plains Of The Region Contains Over 40 Per Cent. Of The Inhabitants Of Italy, And Is, Both Agriculturally And Industrially, The Most Important In The Country. The Soil Is Generally Productive, Though The Conditions Under Which It Can Be Cultivated Vary From Place To Place. Near The Foothills Of ...
The Pyrenean Region
The Pyrenean Region Is Of But Little Importance From The Economic Point Of View. The Inhabitants Are Mainly Occupied In Pastoral Pursuits And In Forest Industries. Commerce.—for The Five Years 1906-10 The Average Value Of The Exports Of Spain Was £40,000,000, And Of The Imports £42,000,000. Mineral Ores And Metals ...
The Rhine
The Rhine Massif.—the Economic Activity Of This Region Varies Greatly From Place To Place. The Taunus And The Hunsriick Are Well Wooded, And On Their Southern Slopes Vines And Fruit Are Grown. Along The Foot Of The Taunus, Also, Are Mineral Springs, Which Have Brought Prosperity To Wiesbaden And Homburg. ...
The Rift Valley And
The Rift Valley And The Adjacent Highlands.—the Rift Valley Of The Rhine, And The Lower Slopes Of The Adjoining Hills Are Covered To A Considerable Depth With A Finely Comminuted Soil, Deposited By The Waters Which At One Time Flowed From The Melting Glaciers Of The Alps And The Jura. ...
The Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, Giving To That Term The Wide Extension Which Is Generally Applied To It In The United States, Occupy A Con Siderable Area In Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, And New Mexico. Between The Various Ranges Of Which They Are Composed, Lie Many Intermontane Valleys And Parks That Have ...
The Severn
The Severn Estuary.—the Lands On Either Side Of The Lower Severn, South Of The Old Red Sandstone Area Of Wales, And West Of The Jurassic Escarpment, May Be Considered Apart. Their Geo Logical Structure Is Varied, But They Contain Two Coalfields—the Forest Of Dean, And The Bristol And Somerset. Their ...
The Si Kiang
The Si-kiang Basin.—the Four Provinces Of Yunnan, Kweichow, Kwangsi, And Kwangtung May Be Considered As Forming The Basin Of The Si-kiang, Although The North Of Yunnan And Kweichow Is Drained To The Yangtse, The South Of Yunnan To The Red River Of Tongking, And The West To The Mekong And ...
The South Central
The South-central Scarplands.—in This Region, Which Corre Sponds Somewhat Roughly To The Basins Of The Neckar And The Main, The Different Members Of The Triassic Rocks Appear In Succes Sion. The Bunter Sandstone Of The Spessart, Of The Eastern Slopes Of The Odenwald, And Of The North And East Of ...
The South East Region
The South-east Region, With Its Summer Rainfall And Some What Higher Temperature, Is More Suitable For The Cultivation Of Maize Than Of Wheat, And Some Of The Chief Maize-growing Districts In The Province Lie Within It. Kaffir Corn Is Also Extensively Grown, And Other Crops Include Oathay, Tobacco, And Fruit. ...
The South Russian Industrial
The South Russian Industrial Region May Be Considered, Apart From The Black Soil, As It Owes Its Importance To The Large Supplies Of Coal And Iron Which It Contains. The Coal Occurs In The Donetz Basin, Which Includes The Southern Portion Of The Govern Ment Of Kharkov, The Eastern Portion ...
The Southern
The Southern Uplands.—the Rocks Of This Region Are In The Main Silurian, But In The East A Belt Of Old Red Sandstone Runs Southwards From Dunbar To The Border, And Much Of Berwickshire Is Upon The Calciferous Sandstone. In The West There Are Granitic Areas And Isolated Basins Of Triassic ...
The Southern Appalachian
The Southern Appalachian Region.—one Of The Most Striking Features In Recent American History Has Been The Economic Develop Ment Of The Southern States—a Development Which, Although It Has Affected All Parts Of The South, Has Taken Place Mainly Within The Southern Appalachian Region. The Geographical Factors Upon Which It Is ...
The Southern Region
The Southern Region Is, On The Whole, Mountainous, But Contains Considerable Lowland Areas Along The Coasts And In The Valleys Of The Larger Rivers. The Soil Varies Greatly From One Place To Another. On The Old Red Sandstone Of The South-west It Is Well Adapted To Dairying, While In The ...
The St Lawrence Lowlands
The St. Lawrence Lowlands Are Underlain By Nearly Horizontal Palaeozoic Strata, And Covered With Glacial Debris And River Deposits ; They Are, On The Whole, Flat Or Gently Undulating, Fertile, And Suitable For Cultivation. The Climate Is Somewhat More Extreme Than In The Maritime Provinces, But Less So Than In ...
The Sub Andine
The Sub-andine Region.—beyond The Grassland Regions There Lies To The North-west, West, And South, A Country Of Thorn Scrub, Which Passes Gradually Into One Where Poor Steppe Or Semi-desert Conditions Prevail. The Whole Of This Region, Which May Be Called The Sub-andine Region, Can Be Divided Into Two Parts—a Northern ...
The Sudetes
The Sudetes, Which Form The North-east Flank Of The Bohemian Massif, Consist In The Main Of Ancient Rock, Although The Coal Measures Appear In The Waldenburg Hills Of Lower Silesia And Extend Into Bohemia. The Mountain Slopes Are Forested, But A Certain Amount Of Farming, Mainly Pastoral, Is Carried On. ...
The Tableland And Coal
The Tableland And Coal Basin Of Upper Silesia.—ill Upper Silesia The Remnants Of A Trias Plateau Extend Eastward From The Oder Into Poland, While Further South Lies A Great Coal Basin Which Is Exposed In Some Places, But In Others Is Concealed By Later Deposits. Over The Whole Of This ...
The Tell
The Tell May Be Subdivided Into Three Parallel Belts. The First Consists Of The Coastal Districts And The Lower Slopes Of The Hills By Which They Are Bordered, The Second Of Plains Like The Mitidja And The Valleys Of Such Rivers As The Chaff, And The Third Of The Slopes ...
The Tropical
The Tropical Lowlands.—temperature Varies With Altitude, And Suggests The Best Method Of Marking The Country Off Into Groups Of Natural Regions. Along The West And North-west Coasts, In The River Valleys, And On The Eastern Plains, Tropical Conditions Prevail. The Precipitation Is Heavy, Especially On The Pacific Coast, Where A ...
The Tropical And Humid
The Tropical And Humid North May Be Defined As That Part Of The Northern Territory Which Has A Mean Annual Rainfall Of Over 20 Inches. Two Regions May Be Distinguished : The Plateau And The Coastal Plain. On The First Of These, Savanna And, In The North, Savanna Forest Prevail, ...
The United
The United States.—the New England States, Which Belong To The Northern Part Of The Appalachian System, Form A Natural Region. They Consist Of A Glaciated Peneplain From Which Much Of The Soil Has Been Removed, And Over Which Great Glacial Blocks Render Cultivation Difficult. They Are Isolated From The Remainder ...
The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom United Kingdom, Comprising The Two Large Islands Of Great Britain And Ireland, Along With About 5,000 Smaller Islands Lying Off Their Shores, Stands Upon The Continental Platform, Off The North West Coast Of Europe. As Indicated In The Previous Chapter, The Geographical And Geological Characteristics Of The ...
The Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains Form Another Great Mineral Reserve Of Russia, In Which Are Found Gold, Platinum, Copper, Iron, And Coal, As Well As Other Substances. The Production Of Iron Is The Most Important Industry Of The Region; And The Ural Works, With About 20 Per Cent. Of The National Output, ...
The Valley And Delta
The Valley And Delta Of The Nile.—the System Of Irrigation Which For Long Prevailed In Egypt Was That Known As Basin Irrigation. The Banks Of The Nile Were Strengthened By Artificial Embankments Called Berms, And By Means Of Transverse Walls The Whole Valley Was Divided Into A Number Of Basins. ...
The Vogtland And The
The Vogtland And The Saxon Erzgebirge.—these Two Regions May Be Considered Together. The First Is A Low Highland Connecting The Erzgebirge, The Fichtelgebirge, And The Franconian And Thur Ingian Forests, While The Second, Which Is A Fragment Of An Ancient Peneplain, Forms The North-west Slope Of The Bohemian Massif. Both ...
The Volcanic Soils Of
The Volcanic Soils Of Sao Paulo.—from The State Of San Paulo Southwards, The Escarpment Becomes Much Steeper, And Separates A Narrow Strip Of Coast From The Plateau Regions Behind. In The East The Rocks Are Archaean, While, In The West, Sandstones, Associated In Many Places With Eruptive Rocks, Probably Of ...
The West Coast Region
The West Coast Region Extends From The Tapti To Cape Comorin, And Consists Of A Narrow Coastal Plain Backed By The Western Ghats. The Plain, Which Is Broken Up By Numerous Ranges Of Foothills, Varies In Width From Twenty To One Hundred Miles, Being As A Rule Broader In The ...
The Western Savanna And
The Western Savanna And Scrub-land Region Has Made Considerable Progress In Recent Years, Mainly As A Result Of The Exploitation Of Its Mineral Wealth. This Occurs In Two Auriferous Belts, One Of Which Starts From Phillips River On The South Coast, And Runs, With A Breadth Of Over 100 Miles, ...
The Winnipeg Basin
The Winnipeg Basin, As Already Defined, Has An Area Of About 275,000 Square Miles. In General Appearance It Is A Great Plain Sloping Gently Down To The North And East ; But It May Be Sub Divided Into Regions Known Respectively As The First, Second, And Third Prairie Steppes Or ...
The Yukon
The Yukon Region Of Canada Occupies The South-eastern Part Of The Yukon Plateau, Which Stretches From The Northern Border Of British Columbia Into Alaska. It Is Bounded On The East By The Last Ranges Of The Rocky Mountains Which Overlook The Valley Of The Mackenzie, And On The West By ...
Tongking
Tongking Has An Area Of 46,000 Square Miles. In The East Are The Delta Lands Of The Song-koi, And On Them The Majority Of The 6,000,000 Inhabitants Of The Country Are Settled. In The North The Land Is Hilly, And In The West It Is Mountainous. Rice, Which Is The ...
Tunis
Tunis Tunis, Which Is A French Protectorate, And Has An Area Of About 50,000 Square Miles, Forms The Most Easterly Section Of The Atlas Region, But In Some Respects Its Physical Features Differ From Those Of Algeria. The Tell Region May Be Considered As Including Not Only The Northern Slopes ...
Uganda
Uganda The Protectorate Of Uganda, Which Has An Area Of 118,000 Square Miles, Rises From The Plains Of The Bahr-el-jebel In The Sudan On To The Plateau Of East Africa, Where It Occupies Most Of The Northern Part Of The Region Lying Between The Eastern And Western Rift Valleys. Except ...
Uruguay
Uruguay Uruguay Has An Area Of 72,000 Square Miles, And Is The Smallest Of The South American States. Physically It Belongs To The Southern Slope Of The Brazilian Highland, But The Relief Of The Country Is Slight, The Hills Are Of Low Elevation, And Wide Rolling Plains Constitute The Greater ...
Vegetation
Vegetation Distribution Of Vegetation Over The Surface Of The Earth Is Primarily Determined By The Nature Of The Climate And The Character Of The Soil. The Climatic Factors—especially Humidity And Temperature—are The More Important. The Amount Of Water In The Soil And In The Atmosphere, The Periods Of The Year ...
Vegetation A
Vegetation.-a Division Of India Into Vegetation Regions Can Best Be Made On The Basis Of The Physical And Climatic Regions Already Discussed. The Himalayas May Be Subdivided Into An Eastern And A Western Section. The First Of These—to The East Of Nepal— Faces The Advancing Monsoon Current And Has, Therefore, ...
Wheat
Wheat Is Grown In Many Parts Of The World, And The Methods Of Cultivation, The Yield Per Acre, And The Nature Of The Product Vary Greatly. The Most Suitable Soil Appears To Be A Light Clay Or A Heavy Loam, But Many Others Are Very Productive When Climatic Conditions Are ...