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... feet , much exceeding the highest Alps . Mount Elburz attains an elevation of 18,000 feet above the sea ; Kazbek reaches a height of more than 16,500 feet ; and between these come Koshtan- tau and Dikh - tau . Here the line of perpetual ...
... feet , much exceeding the highest Alps . Mount Elburz attains an elevation of 18,000 feet above the sea ; Kazbek reaches a height of more than 16,500 feet ; and between these come Koshtan- tau and Dikh - tau . Here the line of perpetual ...
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... feet elevation , they consist of a grove of trees , 377 in number in 1875 , five only being of Cedars of Lebanon . gigantic size , measuring 30 feet round . In age they may vary from 50 or 80 to 800 or 1000 years ; but as they have long ...
... feet elevation , they consist of a grove of trees , 377 in number in 1875 , five only being of Cedars of Lebanon . gigantic size , measuring 30 feet round . In age they may vary from 50 or 80 to 800 or 1000 years ; but as they have long ...
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... feet , with a trunk 30 feet or more in circumference , an ample head , and spreading branches . It and the cedar of Algiers ( C. Atlantica or Africana ) , found in the mountainous regions of the north of Africa , are but sub - species ...
... feet , with a trunk 30 feet or more in circumference , an ample head , and spreading branches . It and the cedar of Algiers ( C. Atlantica or Africana ) , found in the mountainous regions of the north of Africa , are but sub - species ...
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... feet . In the extreme south , how- ever , are Maros ( 4225 feet ) and Bonthain ( 9994 feet ) . The uplands of the south peninsula are well wooded , but its vegetation is much less luxuriant than that of the east peninsula . Between the ...
... feet . In the extreme south , how- ever , are Maros ( 4225 feet ) and Bonthain ( 9994 feet ) . The uplands of the south peninsula are well wooded , but its vegetation is much less luxuriant than that of the east peninsula . Between the ...
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... feet . The chief exports are sago , iron , timber , earthenware , birds of Paradise , dried fish , edible nests , & c . Ceram'ics ( Gr . keramos , ' potter's clay ' ) , a term used to designate the department of plastic art which ...
... feet . The chief exports are sago , iron , timber , earthenware , birds of Paradise , dried fish , edible nests , & c . Ceram'ics ( Gr . keramos , ' potter's clay ' ) , a term used to designate the department of plastic art which ...
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