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Physical Geography

by Mary Somerville

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Author
Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
Credits
Produced by Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
GB: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Physical geography
Subject
Biogeography
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61652
Release Date
March 21, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
  2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. GEOLOGY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — RIVERS. — AFRICAN RIVERS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — RIVERS OF NEW HOLLAND.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — LIGHT. — ELECTRICITY. — MAGNETISM.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — ARCTIC FLORA OF THE GREAT CONTINENTS. — FLORA OF BRITAIN AND OF MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN EUROPE. — FLORA OF TEMPERATE ASIA.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — FLORA OF THE INDO-CHINESE PENINSULA AND THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. — INDIAN FLORA. — ARABIAN VEGETATION.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — FLORA OF AUSTRALIA.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — FLORA OF MEXICO AND THE WEST INDIES. — FLORA OF TROPICAL AMERICA. — ANTARCTIC FLORA. — ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF CEREALIA. — MARINE VEGETATION.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. Distribution of Insects.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — DISTRIBUTION OF ARCTIC AND EUROPEAN BIRDS. — BIRDS OF ASIA AND THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. — AFRICAN BIRDS. — BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. — BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA. — AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. Distribution of Mammalia throughout the Earth. — EUROPEAN QUADRUPEDS. — ASIATIC QUADRUPEDS. — AFRICAN QUADRUPEDS. — AMERICAN QUADRUPEDS. — AUSTRALIAN QUADRUPEDS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII.
  38. 38.APPENDIX. — EUROPE. — ASIA. — AFRICA, AND ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC. — AMERICA. — ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC, POLYNESIA, AUSTRALASIA, &c. — LAKES AND INLAND SEAS. — HEIGHTS OF SOME REMARKABLE INHABITED PLACES.
  39. 39.GLOSSARY.
  40. 40.INDEX.
  41. 41.Footnotes

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