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... ridge has usu- ally the boldest development and the highest elevation . The highest part of a range is called the crest . 39. From its common occurrence it seems to be a general 36. Forms of relief . 37. Mountains . - 38 . The crest ...
... ridge has usu- ally the boldest development and the highest elevation . The highest part of a range is called the crest . 39. From its common occurrence it seems to be a general 36. Forms of relief . 37. Mountains . - 38 . The crest ...
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... ridges , and serve as a platform for lofty peaks ; but its prevailing character is that of a highly- raised region on which there is a considerable area of plain surface ; the whole presenting either gradual slopes , or abrupt ...
... ridges , and serve as a platform for lofty peaks ; but its prevailing character is that of a highly- raised region on which there is a considerable area of plain surface ; the whole presenting either gradual slopes , or abrupt ...
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... ridges . The metamorphic and aqueous rocks , on the contrary , are disposed in the form of beds , layers , or strata , both horizontal and inclined at all an- gles to the horizon . The plains and low portions of the earth are occupied ...
... ridges . The metamorphic and aqueous rocks , on the contrary , are disposed in the form of beds , layers , or strata , both horizontal and inclined at all an- gles to the horizon . The plains and low portions of the earth are occupied ...
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... ridges , at about the 21st parallel . 146. The eastern ridge is the Cordillê'ra de Coahuî'la . It runs parallel with the gulf coast , and terminates at the Rî'o Grän'de . The western ridge is the Cordillê'ra de Sonō'ra . It takes a ...
... ridges , at about the 21st parallel . 146. The eastern ridge is the Cordillê'ra de Coahuî'la . It runs parallel with the gulf coast , and terminates at the Rî'o Grän'de . The western ridge is the Cordillê'ra de Sonō'ra . It takes a ...
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... ridges ; and in one part no less than thirteen successive ridges are said to occur . But they run chiefly in two parallel chains , sometimes united by a trans- verse ridge . In some parts the eastern chain rises above the snow line ...
... ridges ; and in one part no less than thirteen successive ridges are said to occur . But they run chiefly in two parallel chains , sometimes united by a trans- verse ridge . In some parts the eastern chain rises above the snow line ...
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Sida 157 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Sida 142 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Sida 38 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Sida 137 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Sida 145 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Sida 207 - For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Sida 39 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Sida 232 - The constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may from time to time ordain and establish...
Sida 83 - It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Arctic Ocean...
Sida 166 - Thou visitest the earth and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou prepares!