Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography: Illustrated by Twenty Maps, and Numerous EngravingsIvison, Phinney & Company, 1863 - 98 pages |
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A'sia Africa Agriculture Alabama ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC OCEAN Arkansas Asia Atlantic Ocean Australia body of water border boundary British Possessions California called Canada Canada West Cape Verde capital Central America chief chiefly CITIES AND TOWNS.-What climate coast country south Desert DIVISIONS.-What earth Eastern Continent empties Equator Europe export extends farthest Florida Grana'da grand divisions Greenland group of islands Guin'ea Gulf of Mexico Hindoostan Indian Indian-corn inhabitants island south islands belonging islands east ISLANDS.-What Isthmus It'aly Lake Huron Lake Ontario land largest Lawrence LESSON LONGITUDE WEST manufactures Mediterra'nean meridian Mississippi Missouri mountains mouth Name Newfoundland North America northern northwest noted Nova Scotia Ohio peninsula population portion principal productions river flows river forms RIVERS.-What Rus'sia SAINT situated South Pole southern extremity STRAITS.-What table-lands Temperate Zone territory town tributary TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN United Vermont WEST FROM GREENWICH Western Hemisphere WHITNEY York
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Page 11 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 11 - ... while in the Crocodiles it passes in a groove on the outside and is visible when the mouth is closed. The teeth of the Alligator are received on the inner side of the upper ones instead of between them, as in the Crocodile. The Alligators, with one exception, which occurs in China, are confined to the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. Both the Crocodiles and Alligators are more amphibious in habit than are the Gavials, and their teeth are better adapted (75)...
Page 28 - States, then, are bounded on the north by the British possessions, east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by the Gulf of Mexico and the States of Mexico, and west by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 15 - Island is a much smaller portion of land, wholly surrounded by water. A Peninsula is land almost surrounded by water. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two portions of land together.
Page 11 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The...
Page 16 - A river is a large stream of fresh water, flowing from mountains or high land, into an ocean, sea, or some other body of water. Small streams are called brooks, creeks, and rivulets. The source of a river is the place where it rises. The mouth of a river is the place where it empties into an ocean, sea, or some other body of water. The right bank...
Page 11 - Zones are the divisions of the earth's surface, formed by the tropics and polar circles. There are five zones ; one torrid, two temperate, and two frigid zones.
Page 13 - A portion of land entirely surrounded by water. What is a Peninsula? A portion of land almost surrounded by water. What is a Lake ? What is an Isthmus?
Page 10 - What three oceans does it cross ? What large island ? What three grand divisions does the Arctic Circle cross ? What ocean does it cross ? What ocean does the Antarctic Circle cross?