Identifier: earthitsinhabita941recl (find matches)
Title: The earth and its inhabitants ..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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glens andgorges. Every summit has its native name imposed by the PatagonianTehuelches; but these names having mostly been forgotten, many peaks havebeen designated from such explorers and observers as Fitzroy, Stokes, Payne,Burney and Ladrilleros. The continental backbone terminates in the bold headland of Cape Froward,at the foot of which the Atlantic and Pacific sections of Magellan Strait inter-mingle their waters. The Chilian Coast Range. The Chilian coast range does not become clearly distinct from the Andeancordillera till about the latitude of the Chacabuco Hills, between Santiago and 420 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. Valparaiso. This ridge, consisting of hard rocks and here and there very steepwalls, presents numerous easy passes, all valleys or gorges through which the oldlakes of the inland plain escaped seawards. Colliguai, one of its crests south-east of Valparaiso, attains a height of 7,320 feet. But farther south none of the Fig. 1Ô9.—Chiloe.Scale 1 : 1,800,000.
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74-30 V/estor breenwich Depths. 0to50Fathoms. 50 Fathomsand upwards. summits reach this elevation, and even the main chain, the granitic Nahuelbuta, Great Tiger, which runs parallel with the coast in the territory of the Arau-canians, falls below 5,000 feet. Farther south, the Cordillera Pelada and othercoast ridges, consisting of mica schists and cancagua, that is tertiary sandstones PHYSICAL FEATURES OF CHILI. 421 containing lignite, have only an average height of 2,000 feet, the loftiest summitrising to no more than 2,824 feet. On the seaward slope these hills present a dreary monotonous aspect with theirbare flanks and round arid crests. Several bear distinct traces of terrace formations,which are regarded by Darwin, Poppig, and other observers as old marine beachessuccessively levelled by the action of the sea. Indications occur of the presenceof the oceanic waters some hundreds of yards above the present sea-level, causedeither by an upheaval of the land or a subsidence of the P

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