Identifier: europeotherconti00tarr (find matches)
Title: Europe and other continents
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912 McMurray, Frank Morton, 1862- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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utline. Its form is roughlythat of a triangle, broad at the north and tapering towardthe south. The coast line is remarkably regular, in strik-ing contrast with the coast of Europe, Asia, and NorthAmerica, and resembling that of South America andAustralia. What must be some of the consequences ofsuch regularity ? What gulfs, seas, and large islands arefound on the map of Africa ? Africa differs from all other continents in its mountainsystems. It is mainly a plateau, but near the coast theplateau edges are broken and the rocks upturned, so thatthere is an almost complete mountain rim. Trace thisrim (Fig. 298); from what part of the coast is it absent?In northern Africa the Atlas ranges reach an elevation offourteen thousand feet; but the loftiest mountains are in 415 416 AFRICA the east central part. Among the latter is the volcaniccone of Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the continent.Find this peak and trace the mountains from there north-ward. Notice the elevated land in Abyssinia.
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Fig. 298. PHYSIOGRAPHY 417 Owing to the mountain rim the rivers of Africa are peculiar.For instance, the Niger, after rising among the highlands nearthe west coast, sweeps around in a great curve before enteringthe Atlantic. The Zambesi, in the south, also rises near thewest coast but crosses the continent eastward to the IndianOcean. Trace the courses of the Nile and the Kongo, the twolargest rivers. In descending from the plateau each of these streams isinterrupted by rapids and falls. Find the Victoria Falls ofthe Zambesi (Fig. 297); the cataracts of the Nile; alsoLeopoldville on the Kongo, below which are some falls.Rapids also occur in the Niger. How will these great riverscompare, therefore, with the Mississippi or Amazon as routesfor commerce ? How must these falls affect the developmentof Africa ? In one part of Africa there are several large lakes. Namethe three largest. Into what rivers do they empty ? Noticethat they are among the mountains; their basins were notformed by g

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