The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1955 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 109
... land and of water , our picture I will be modified . There are at least six reasons why the tem- perature of a water surface varies much less than the temperature of a land surface . ( 1 ) When the sun is near the horizon , water ...
... land and of water , our picture I will be modified . There are at least six reasons why the tem- perature of a water surface varies much less than the temperature of a land surface . ( 1 ) When the sun is near the horizon , water ...
Page 110
... land and the relatively warm water nearby is greatest . The subtropical high - pressure belt near 30 ° latitude is broken into smaller high - pressure areas which are located over the oceans , for at this low latitude the oceans are not ...
... land and the relatively warm water nearby is greatest . The subtropical high - pressure belt near 30 ° latitude is broken into smaller high - pressure areas which are located over the oceans , for at this low latitude the oceans are not ...
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... land . A fringing reef may ultimately become a bar- rier reef either by a sinking of the land and the successive upbuilding of the seaward face of the reef , or by gradual dying of the coral polyps next to the land where they do not get ...
... land . A fringing reef may ultimately become a bar- rier reef either by a sinking of the land and the successive upbuilding of the seaward face of the reef , or by gradual dying of the coral polyps next to the land where they do not get ...
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