 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River - 1858 - 678 pages
...in fact a system rather than a range of mountains. PLATEAUS, ETC. — Between the highest ridge of the Rocky mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade range on the west, is i vast region of table land, which iu its widest part extends through 14 degrees of longitude: that... | |
 | Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology - Zoology - 1863 - 434 pages
...the Pacific Ocean.* II. THE CENTRAL PROVINCE extends from Mexico to the British Possessions, between the Rocky Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west. The following are the species peculiar to the province : — Fatula strigosa,... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1866 - 698 pages
...is condensed from Humboldt's "Aspects of Nature: w — PLATEAUS, ETC.—Between the highest ridge of the Rocky mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade range on the west, is a vast region of table land, which in its widest part extends through 14 degrees of longitude: that... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1866 - 710 pages
...in fact a system rather than a range of mountains. PLATEAUS, ETC. — Between the highest ridge of the Rocky mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade range on the west, is a vast region of table land, jvlucb. iu its widest part extends through 14 degrees of longitude: that... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 pages
...ranges in Northern California, is 14,440 feet high. HOCKY MOUNTAINS. " Between the highest ridge of the Rocky Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range on the west, is a vast region of table land, which in its widest part extends through fourteen degrees of longitude;... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Geography - 1874 - 110 pages
...Lake Michigan; and Cincinnati and Louisville on the Ohio. 3d. We have the table-lands lying between the Rocky Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges on the west. This is the roof of the United States. It stands from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - Geography - 1878 - 120 pages
...Division." They are the State of Nevada and the Territories of Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. They have the Rocky Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west. Climate.— In the greater part of this region rain seldom falls. This is especially... | |
 | Geography - 1880 - 120 pages
...Division." They are the State of Nevada and the Territories of Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. They have the Rocky Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west. Climate. — In the greater part of this region rain seldom falls. This is especially... | |
 | James Monteith - Alaska - 1883 - 112 pages
...parts, very unequal in size and very unlike in character. 3. The larger portion, which lies between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west, is called the Pacific P.'ateau or Highland ; it is very high, mountainous, dry,... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1885 - 984 pages
...Pacific Ocean. n. — The Central Province extends from Mexico to the British possessions, between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west. The following are the species peculiar to the province: Limax montamis. Potygyrella... | |
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British possessions, between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains on the west. The following are the species peculiar to the province: Limax montamis. 
