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Identifier: scottishgeograph01scotuoft (find matches)
Title: Scottish geographical magazine
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Scottish Geographical Society Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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this greatandj S( nib :iinl desert region, asshown by the light brown tint, isinn,Hih iii Iv c hanged to a fertileprairie, cum nil with flowers andgrass. The want of a regular andsuffii ient rainfall in these parts is,however so very serious, that it would;i;i;n .ii in render the country unfitfor permanent habitation, there beingmi rivet i m nil i water supply lastingthroughout the dry season. ()wing ;il -ii In the prevailing sandyi harai tei of the oil, the rainfall is,1 mo i asi , immediately absorbed,and where in the i ase of aparticulargeologii al formation, lakes are formed for a time, these are mostly all com-pletely evaporated during the dryIn this wide prairie countrywhere there is little rain, the com-parative fertility ol the land of courseMm--. \ery much according to thegeological formation, physical con-tour, and elevation of the district, onwhich the existence of springs maydepend. \\ here springs occur—andin many places they are frequent—the vegetation is luxuriant.
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THE BASIN OF THE BEAULY. 539 an isosceles triangle, having its base to the west, measuring 20 miles.The other two sides measure between 40 and 50 miles each, and meet inthe apex of the triangle at Kessock, near Inverness. This area is bounded on the north side by a range of hills, with Ben-Bhach-Ard, 2826 feet, Sgur Ruadh, 3254 feet, and Sgur Chaoruinn, 3452feet, which separates Glen Strathfarrar from Strath Orrin. One point inthis range, to the west of Sgur Piuadh, is 3552 feet, and gives a smallstream to the Orrin. On the south it is separated from Glen Urquhart, Glen Morriston,Glen Clunie, and Glen Shiel, by a range which rises gradually from eastto west: its highest point is Crailic, 3673 feet. On the west it is separated from Kintail and Lochalsh by severalpicturesque ranges of mountains, of Avhich Scour Ouran, 3505 feet, MamSoul, 3862 feet, Cairn Eige, 3877 feet, Sgur-na-Lapaieh, 3773 feet, arethe principal peaks. General Aspects.—The entire district presents a variety of natu

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