Geography

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Excerpt from Geography: Structural, Physical, and Comparative The main object of this book is to state the most important facts concerning the structural geography of the earth, and the evolution of our present continents from older lands. Although the study of the essential structure of continents involves questions usually included in geology rather than in geography, I have tried to state the facts without the use of geological terms. As, however, geological dates are mentioned in some cases, a list of geological horizons is given for reference in Appendix I. Two chapters have been devoted to Climate and Ocean Currents, but it has not been considered necessary to deal with general questions that are adequately treated in current elementary text-books of physical geography. As the book is intended for use in schools, it contains few references to original authorities, but a list of some readily accessible works, from which further information can be obtained, is given in Appendix II. This list frequently mentions Professor E. Suess of Vienna, to whom this book is deeply indebted, and the descriptions of the structure of Europe and Asia are little more than an elementary statement of his conclusions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.