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Page 186
... feet or more above sea level , and much of it exceeds 3,000 and even 4,000 feet . North of the line there is relatively little land above 3,000 feet , most of the area being between 500 and 1,000 feet above sea level ; there are also ...
... feet or more above sea level , and much of it exceeds 3,000 and even 4,000 feet . North of the line there is relatively little land above 3,000 feet , most of the area being between 500 and 1,000 feet above sea level ; there are also ...
Page 415
... feet ( 1,440 metres ) , in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is ... feet above the sea floor . Separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean , these islands stretch in a 1,100 - mile ...
... feet ( 1,440 metres ) , in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is ... feet above the sea floor . Separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean , these islands stretch in a 1,100 - mile ...
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... feet in Cordillera Blanca and to 13,000 feet in Huasca- rán . Permanent snow disappears north of latitude 8 ° S , the puna ends and the so - called humid puna , or jalca , be- gins . Mountains become wider and smoother in appear- ance ...
... feet in Cordillera Blanca and to 13,000 feet in Huasca- rán . Permanent snow disappears north of latitude 8 ° S , the puna ends and the so - called humid puna , or jalca , be- gins . Mountains become wider and smoother in appear- ance ...
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