The Andes of Southern Peru

About this eBook

Author

Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950

Title

The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif, The University of Florida Digital Collections and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GB: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Physical geography

Subject

Peru -- Geography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42860

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42860

Release Date

June 2, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ANDES OF SOUTHERN PERU — PREFACE — SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS — CONTENTS
2. 2.PART I HUMAN GEOGRAPHY — CHAPTER I THE REGIONS OF PERU — The Forest Dweller — The Eastern Valley Planter — The Highland Shepherd — The Coastal Planter — CHAPTER II THE RAPIDS AND CANYONS OF THE URUBAMBA — CHAPTER III THE RUBBER FORESTS — CHAPTER IV THE FOREST INDIANS — CHAPTER V THE COUNTRY OF THE SHEPHERDS — CHAPTER VI THE BORDER VALLEYS OF THE EASTERN ANDES — CHAPTER VII THE GEOGRAPHIC BASIS OF REVOLUTIONS AND OF HUMAN CHARACTER IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES — CHAPTER VIII THE COASTAL DESERT — CHAPTER IX CLIMATOLOGY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES — CLIMATIC BELTS — THE CLIMATE OF THE COAST — EASTERN BORDER CLIMATES — INTER-ANDEAN VALLEY CLIMATES — CHAPTER X METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES — Introduction — Machu Picchu [27] — CLOUDINESS — Santa Lucia [29] — TEMPERATURE — RAINFALL — WIND — CLOUD — UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENA, SANTA LUCIA, 1913-14 — Morococha — Temperature — RAINFALL — Cochabamba
3. 3.PART II PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES — CHAPTER XI THE PERUVIAN LANDSCAPE — CHAPTER XII THE WESTERN ANDES: THE MARITIME CORDILLERA OR CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL — CHAPTER XIII THE EASTERN ANDES: THE CORDILLERA VILCAPAMPA — GLACIERS AND GLACIAL FORMS — THE VILCAPAMPA BATHOLITH AND ITS TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS — CHAPTER XIV THE COASTAL TERRACES — CHAPTER XV PHYSIOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT — GENERAL FEATURES — SCHISTS AND SILURIAN SLATES [50] — CARBONIFEROUS — CRETACEOUS — TERTIARY — The Coastal Tertiary — PLEISTOCENE — CHAPTER XVI GLACIAL FEATURES — THE SNOWLINE — NIVATION — BERGSCHRUNDS AND CIRQUES — ASYMMETRICAL CREST LINES AND ABNORMAL VALLEY PROFILES IN THE CENTRAL ANDES — APPENDIX A SURVEY METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEVEN ACCOMPANYING TOPOGRAPHIC SHEETS — Cross-Section Map from Abancay to Camaná at the Pacific Ocean — Conclusions — APPENDIX B Fossil Determinations — I. Silurian — II. Lower Devonian — III. Upper Carboniferous — IV. Comanchian or Lower Cretaceous — APPENDIX C KEY TO PLACE NAMES — INDEX

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