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Africa animals Ans.-The Arctic Asia Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Plain Australia basin belong BUTLER'S ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY called Cape capital and largest Caspian Sea cattle centre channel chief seaport chiefly climate cold colonies Colorado coral cotton DESERT earth east Eastern Continent Empire England equator Europe exported extend fertile forests glacier globe grain grand division Greenwich Gulf of Mexico Hemisphere India isthmus Lake land Longitude meridians Mississippi River moisture moulded Mountain System mountain-ranges Name nearly North America northern noted ocean Pacific Pacific Ocean peaks peninsula plateau port principal ranges region REVIEW LESSON river drains river flows Rocky Mountain System Rocky Mountains salt seaport Sierra slope snow southeast southern Spanish STATUTE MILES Strait streams surface territory torrid zone TROPIC TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN United valley vast volcanoes warm western coast Western Highlands winds
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Page 17 - What is a peninsula ? A peninsula is a body of land almost surrounded by water. What is an isthmus ? An isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two larger bodies.
Page 46 - Mexico on the south; and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Page 22 - The resultant course of the wind is from south-east to north-west. is wind from the south-east, in the southern hemisphere, and from the north-east, in the northern hemisphere.
Page 20 - What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the land.
Page 8 - Now, boys ,what is the axis of the earth?" "The axis of the earth," said Johnny, "is an imaginary line which passes from one pole to another, and on it the earth revolves.
Page 22 - ... from right to left in the Northern Hemisphere, and from left to right in the Southern, the...
Page 21 - They could not really have been driven to the east of the Molucca Islands without passing Sumatra, Java, Borneo or other islands.
Page 59 - What is the District of Columbia ? The District of Columbia is a tract of land set apart for the use of the government.
Page 17 - A Gulf, or Bay, is a branch of some large division of water, extending into the laud.
Page 17 - Thus there is the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Antarctic Ocean.