 ... of the territory they drain. Look on the map at the dark, irregular figures that are meant to represent mountains. See how mountainous some parts of this continent are, and how the mountains stand in long chains or ranges extending always northward...  Introductory Geography in Readings and Recitations - Page 25by William Swinton - 1882 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Thomas Newton Chesshyre - Canada - 1864 - 184 pages
...Notre-Dame and Shickshock Mountains are the NE prolongation of the great Appalachian chain, which extends from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. They attain, in some places, a height of more than 4000 feet above the sea. They consist of gneiss,... | |
 | Railroads - 1870 - 662 pages
...Great Basiu with those of the Eastern States, from which they were separated by a range of mountains extending from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, naturally became a subject of deep and general interest. They engaged the attention of WASHINGTON immediately... | |
 | Railroads - 1868 - 462 pages
...and social influence moved from the Chesapeake to the Hudson The great mountain range which extends from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, and which presented such formidable obstacles to lines of canals across it in the State of Virgina,... | |
 | Geography - 1877 - 204 pages
...long chains or ranges extending always northward and southward. Near the coast, in the eastern part, extending from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, is what is called the Appalachian MAP OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA: SIZE AND SURFACE. [Ap-pa-la'-chi-an]... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - Geography - 1878 - 120 pages
...long chains or ranges extending always northward and southward. Near the coast, in the eastern part, extending from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, is what is called the Appalachian NORTH AMERICA. [Ap-pa-la'-chi-an] system. These mountains are not... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - Geography - 1878 - 98 pages
...which are separated by a great plain. The Alleghanies, or Appalachian system (2000 miles long), extend from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. The highest peaks attain an elevation of about 6000 feet. 258. The Rocky Mountains, which consist of... | |
 | Geography - 1880 - 120 pages
...long chains or ranges extending always northward and southward. Near the coast, in the eastern part, extending from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, is what is called the Appalachian \ NORTH AMERICA [Ap-pa-la'-chi-an] system. These mountains are not... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1880 - 228 pages
...which are separated by a- great plain. The Alleghanies, on Appalachian- system (2000 miles long) extend from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. The highest summits are Mitchell's Peak, in North Carolina, 6700 feet ; Mount Washington, in New Hampshire,... | |
 | Geography - 1883 - 132 pages
...System of mountains, in the eastern part of the grand-division, extends in a south-westerly direction from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. This system consists of parallel ranges generally less than one third the height of the chief ranges... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Geography - 1893 - 160 pages
...Appalachian System, or Atlantic Highland, is the secondary axis of North America. It trends southwesterly from the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, and consists of several low ranges — seldom more than 2,000 feet high — parallel to one another... | |
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