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Title: Advanced Geography
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Alexis Everett Frye
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Publisher: Ginn & Company
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. This is mostly alow plateau region, aboutequal in height to the Appalachian high-land. The peninsula has low rangesfacing the sea on both sides and ispartly separated from the rest of Indiaby a hilly range on the north. With-in the triangle thus formed100,000,000 people havemade their homes, — manymore than dwell in ourentire country. The Dekkan is highest on thewest side, and its main streamstherefore flow eastward into thebay of Bengal. The WesternGhats rise abruptly from anarrow coastal plain. The steepwestern slope is in the path ofthe southwest monsoon, andtherefore receives very heavysummer rainfall. The rains ofthe inland plateau east of theWestern Ghats are not so heavy.Can you tell why ? During the wet season the rain water is stored in large hollowsor reservoirs; then when the dry seasons come, the water is led inditches over the lower tilled land. The lava-flows of the Dekkan peninsula have been fully as greatas those in and around the Columbia plateau. In each case the
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molten rock covered many thousand square miles. The Dekkanlava-flows are much the older and the more deeply cut by valleys.The surface is finely weathered, making dark soil that is veryfertile. The middle picture on page 12 shows part of this plateau. The portion of the Dekkan that is notburied in lava is mostly an old mountainregion greatly worn down. Gold is foundin the stumps of the old mountains. The rivers which flow eastward across this peninsula have made flood plains and deltas of wonderful fertility. For ages these lowlands have yielded immense crops of rice. All over the peninsula, except on the rugged mountain slopes, cotton and grain are raised. There, as northern India, millet is the chief article of food among the masses of poor people. Cocoanuts are a leading product. See picture on page 97. The island of Ceylon, off the southern coast of India, is very fertile and yields about the same kinds of products as the adjacent mainland. Large quantities of cinnamon, tea, coffe

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