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Title: Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts. Part I. Geography taught as a science ... Part II. Local and civil geography ..
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Monteith, James
Subjects: Physical geography
Publisher: New York, Chicago (etc.) : A.S. Barnes and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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the great con-densers which bringdown moisture from theatmosphere, and supplthe rains which fill thelakes and rivers of SouthAmerica. TEMPERATE REGIONS. 57. The Middle Por-tion of the picture re-presents a region whoseclimate correspondsto that of the Tem-perate Zones, This llef/ion containsplateaus and elevatedcities, whose inhabi-tants enjoy a cool andsalubrious climate. Depressions on the surface of the plateausfonn the beds of ele-vated lakes and streams.wlich receive their wa/tors from the meltingsnows above them. Here are FertileFielda of grain and grass ; here-flourish trees, fruits, andplants peculiar to theTemperate Zone. TROPICAL REGIONS. 58. Ttelotr the Tinewhicli marks an eleva-tion of 5,000 feet abovethe level of the sea, isthe climate which cor-responds to that ofthe hot zone of the earth,not only in temperature,bat also in its vegetableproductions and speciesof animals. At vfirlfnis Tlcights^are deep ravines andfearful precipices, downwhich rush streams and waterfalls.
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View among the Andes Mountains, showing that different Zones of Temperature pertain to different Elevations. 62. A Traveler asreiulhtg a Ilif/h Mountain of the tropicalAndes, passes through climates similar to those of the dilier-ent zones, from the heat of the Equatorial, to the continualfrost of the Arctic regions. 63. At the Base of the Mountain, or at the ocean level, heendures the oppressive heat of the tropical sim, and observesthe luxuriant vegetation, lofty trees, and luscious fruits of thehot zone. 64. Half-way up the Mountain, he enjoys the delightful FROZEN REGIONS, 69. The niffhest Peal.sof the Tropical Andesare elevated above thelevel of the sea about20,000 feet. The Most Noted areChimborazo, Sorata, lUi-mani, Antisana, Gotopaxi, and Arequipa. An immense bird,called the condor, builJsits nest far up theseheights, and has beenknown to fly abovethe summit of Chimbo-razo. TEMPERATE REGIO^.S. 60. The Citij of Potosiis represented on theright of the illustration.It is built on

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