California Notes
California Notes
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— Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. V, p. 215. "Issuing from fissures in the Cascade and Blue Mountain ranges, it spread over nearly the whole of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and far into California on the south, Montana on the east, and British Columbia on the north. Its area is certainly 200, 000 to 300, 000 square miles. Its thickness in the axis of the Cascade Mountains, where it is cut through by the Columbia River, is more than 3. 500 feet. The section shown by the... Des Chutes River, fifty miles from the axis, is 2, 000 to 3, 000 feet. The average thickness over the whole Cascade region (100, 000 square miles) is probably not less than 2, 000 feet. " tProfessor Whitney estimates the amount of denudation which has taken place in this section since the great lava-flow at not less than 3, 000 or 4, 000 feet of vertical height.
140 streams of lava which flowed between hills that have since been worn away. On onr ride to the Yosemite we will travel many miles with one of these lava ridges in view.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. V, p. 215. "Issuing from fissures in the Cascade and Blue Mountain ranges, it spread over nearly the whole of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and far into California on the south, Montana on the east, and British Columbia on the north. Its area is certainly 200, 000 to 300, 000 square miles. Its thickness in the axis of the Cascade Mountains, where it is cut through by the Columbia River, is more than 3. 500 feet. The section shown by the... Des Chutes River, fifty miles from the axis, is 2, 000 to 3, 000 feet. The average thickness over the whole Cascade region (100, 000 square miles) is probably not less than 2, 000 feet. " tProfessor Whitney estimates the amount of denudation which has taken place in this section since the great lava-flow at not less than 3, 000 or 4, 000 feet of vertical height.
140 streams of lava which flowed between hills that have since been worn away. On onr ride to the Yosemite we will travel many miles with one of these lava ridges in view.
What to read after California Notes?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles B Charles Beebe Turrill to read onlineMoreLess
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