The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... feet below the Mediterranean . The water is fresh and clear , and large shoals of fish abound in it . The formation of the lake basin occurred later than the Chalk period , and was due to a subsidence of the strata , which appears to ...
... feet below the Mediterranean . The water is fresh and clear , and large shoals of fish abound in it . The formation of the lake basin occurred later than the Chalk period , and was due to a subsidence of the strata , which appears to ...
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... feet above and fall two feet below the mean low - water mark . Under the influence of heavy winds and storms , the rise has been as high as nine feet . The harbor at Galveston , having a depth at its entrance at the present time of ...
... feet above and fall two feet below the mean low - water mark . Under the influence of heavy winds and storms , the rise has been as high as nine feet . The harbor at Galveston , having a depth at its entrance at the present time of ...
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... feet and that upon the inner bar 21 feet , both at mean low tide . which was in both cases an increase of 6 inches during the year 1858. The distance across the outer bar from 24 feet in- side to 24 feet outside has diminished from ...
... feet and that upon the inner bar 21 feet , both at mean low tide . which was in both cases an increase of 6 inches during the year 1858. The distance across the outer bar from 24 feet in- side to 24 feet outside has diminished from ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . During its earlier passage through the southern spurs of the Himalayas , it receives the Jahnavi from the north - west , and subsequently the Alaknanda , after which the united stream takes the name of ...
... feet above the level of the sea . During its earlier passage through the southern spurs of the Himalayas , it receives the Jahnavi from the north - west , and subsequently the Alaknanda , after which the united stream takes the name of ...
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... feet deep . The course of the river runs N. by E ; and on the bank near Gangotri there is a small temple about 8 or 10 feet high , in which are two images represent- ing the Ganges and Bhagirathí 1ivers . The bed of the river adjoining ...
... feet deep . The course of the river runs N. by E ; and on the bank near Gangotri there is a small temple about 8 or 10 feet high , in which are two images represent- ing the Ganges and Bhagirathí 1ivers . The bed of the river adjoining ...
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