North America

North America

Israel Russell, american geologist and geographer who explored Alaska in the late 19th century (1852-1906)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE MARGIN OF THE CONTINENT

-04- THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

-05- THE SUBMARINE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION

-06- MOVEMENTS OF THE OCEAN WATERS

-07- TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COAST

-08- ESTUARIES AND HARBOURS

-09- THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND

-10- COASTAL PLAINS AND PLATEAUS

-11- THE ATLANTIC MOUNTAINS

-12- THE CONTINENTAL BASIN

-13- THE PACIFIC MOUNTAINS

-14- THE GREAT BASIN

-15- SIERRA NEVADA AND CASCADE MOUNTAINS

-16- THE GREAT VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA

-17- THE MOUNTAINS BORDERING THE PACIFIC

-18- THE ANTILLEAN MOUNTAINS

-19- CLIMATE

-20- THE ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE

-21- CLIMATIC PROVINCES

-22- SECONDARY DISTURBANCES OF THE ATMOSPHERE

-23- EVAPORATION

-24- PLANT LIFE

-25- THE FORESTS

-26- PRAIRIES, TREELESS PLAINS, AND PLATEAUS

-27- THE TREELESS MOUNTAIN TOPS

-28- ANIMAL LIFE

-29- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

-30- LIFE REGIONS AND LIFE ZONES

-31- THE MAMMALS

-32- SOME REPRESENTATIVE MAMMALS

-33- GEOLOGY

-34- INTRODUCTION

-35- THE GROWTH OF THE CONTINENT

-36- THE ROCKS OF WHICH THE CONTINENT IS COMPOSED

-37- THE CONCENTRATION OF MINERAL SUBSTANCES

-38- THE ABORIGINES

-39- THE ESKIMOS

-40- THE INDIANS

-41- POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

-42- CLASSIFICATION OF BOUNDARIES

-43- POLITICAL CONTROL

-44- POPULATION OF NORTH AMERICA IN 1900