 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...ofDarien, the isthmus of Suez. A cape is a point of land projecting into the sea; as Cape Cod, Cape Horn. A mountain is a portion of land elevated to a great height above the surrounding country. When the land rises to a small height it is called a hill. The spaces... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 398 pages
...Darien, the isthmus of Suez. A cape is a point of land projecting into the sea ; at 4Jape Cod, Cape Horn. A mountain is a portion of land elevated to a great height above the surrounding country. When the land rises to a small height it is called a hill. The spaces... | |
 | Eli Meeker - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...capel A cape is a point of land projecting into the sea; as Cape Cod, Cape Horn. What is a mountain 1 A mountain is a portion of land elevated to a great height above the surrounding country. What is a hill ? When the land rises to a small height, it is called... | |
 | George William Fitch - Geography - 1863 - 108 pages
...land almost surrounded by water. An ISTHMUS is — a neck of laud uniting a peninsula to the mainland. A CAPE is — a point of laud extending into the water. A PROMONTORY is — a high or mountainous cape. A MOUNTAIN is — land raised to a great height above... | |
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... the isthmus of Suez. A cape is a point of land projecting into the sea; as Cape Cod, Cape Horn. A mountain is a portion of land elevated to a great height above the surrounding country. When the land rises to a small height it is called a hill. The... 