Identifier: andesofsouthernp00 (find matches)
Title: The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 American Geographical Society of New York
Subjects: Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911) Physical geography Geology Human geography
Publisher: (New York) Pub. for the American Geographical Society of New York by H. Holt and Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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Fig. 95. Fig. 94—Cloud belt at 11,000 feet in the Apurimac Canyon near Incahuasi. For aregional diagram and a climatic cross-section see Figs. 32 and 33. Fig. 95—The tropical forest near Pabellon on the slopes of the Urubamba Valley.Elevation 3,000 feet (915 m.). CLIMATOLOGY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES 151 that wooden nails are made from it; and the rarer sandy matico,highly prized for dug-out canoes. Also from the chunta palm, hol-low except for a few central fibers, easily removed, pipes are madeto convey water. The cocobolo has a rich brown color and aglossy surface and is very rare, hence is much sought after foruse in furniture making. Most of these woods take a brilliantpolish and exhibit a richness and depth of color and a beauty ofgrain that are rare among our northern woods. The plains forest northeast of the mountains is in the zone ofmoderate rainfall where there is one long dry season and onelong wet season. When it is dry the daytime temperatures riserapidly to such high le

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