A Class-book of Modern Geography: With Examination Questions, Notes, & IndexG. Philip & son, 1892 - 446 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 172 - is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the east by the Pacific Ocean; on the south by the Indian Ocean; on the west by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea. the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the
الصفحة 358 - VENEZUELA* embraces part of the northern division of South America, and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and British Guiana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Colombia. The area of Venezuela is estimated at
الصفحة 255 - There are two remarkable regions of inland drainage in Africa, one to the north, and the other to the south of the Equator. In the former, the vast, variable, and shallow lagoon known as Lake Chad, receives the
الصفحة 359 - COLOMBIA is in the north-west corner of South America, and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, on the south by Ecuador, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The total area of the Republic is estimated at 331,000 square miles, or nearly 6 times that of England and Wales.
الصفحة 327 - THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES embrace the middle portion of North America, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and the
الصفحة 325 - ALBERTA has an area of about 100,000 square miles, and is bounded on the south by the United States, on the east by the Districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, on the north by the District of Athabasca, and on the west by British Columbia, from which it is separated by the main ridge of the Rocky Mountains.
الصفحة 377 - NEW SOUTH WALES. NEW SOUTH WALES, the "mother colony" of Australia, extends along the eastern coast of the continent from Point Danger on the north to Cape Howe on the south, a distance of 700 miles, and stretches inland for a distance of from
الصفحة 109 - form an eternal union for the protection of the realm and the care of the welfare of the German people." The legislative power is vested in two Chambers—the Bundesrath or Federal Council, representing the States in union; and the Reichstag or Diet of the
الصفحة 174 - off the south-eastern extremity of India; the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Bay of Bengal; and the Laccadive and Maldive Islands, off the south-western coast of India. 4. In the Mediterranean Sea:—Cyprus, in the Levant, with Rhodes,
الصفحة 316 - is difficult to convey any idea of the vastness of the Dominion of Canada. From the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the west is a direct distance of more than 3,000 miles, while more than 2,000 miles of mountain and prairie extend between the International Boundary and the shores of the Arctic Ocean. With an area of