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... reach the sea with a greatly diminished volume of water . Now , as the superficial area of a lake is the mathematical expression for the equi- librium between loss by means of evaporation and supply by means of fluids , it follows that ...
... reach the sea with a greatly diminished volume of water . Now , as the superficial area of a lake is the mathematical expression for the equi- librium between loss by means of evaporation and supply by means of fluids , it follows that ...
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... reach the Balkash ; whilst the other rivers , though flowing towards This river also runs to waste about two versts from the lake without having a proper embouchure ; its bed contains numerous sand - banks , which render navigation ...
... reach the Balkash ; whilst the other rivers , though flowing towards This river also runs to waste about two versts from the lake without having a proper embouchure ; its bed contains numerous sand - banks , which render navigation ...
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... reach it at high water . All of them take their rise in the snowy regions of the Alá - Táu , and , after first watering fertile valleys , flow through the extensive plains around the lake of Balkash . In their upper course they are but ...
... reach it at high water . All of them take their rise in the snowy regions of the Alá - Táu , and , after first watering fertile valleys , flow through the extensive plains around the lake of Balkash . In their upper course they are but ...
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... reach the main stream of the Sír , as they lose themselves in the marshes.1 1 Admiral Butakov's Fahrten auf dem Jaxartes ( Globus , 1865 , vol . viii . pp . 113 and 114 ) . F At Ak - Mesjed ( the ' white martyr's grave Countries ...
... reach the main stream of the Sír , as they lose themselves in the marshes.1 1 Admiral Butakov's Fahrten auf dem Jaxartes ( Globus , 1865 , vol . viii . pp . 113 and 114 ) . F At Ak - Mesjed ( the ' white martyr's grave Countries ...
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... reach an elevation above the perpetual snow - line , which is here 12,979 P. F. above the level of the sea , and are covered with snow even in June . The valleys assume the form of terraces on the mountain sides as they gradually ...
... reach an elevation above the perpetual snow - line , which is here 12,979 P. F. above the level of the sea , and are covered with snow even in June . The valleys assume the form of terraces on the mountain sides as they gradually ...
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