The Story of Our Continent: a Reader in the Geography And Geology of North America, for the Use ...
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As a whole, the continent of North America is very much less picturesque than the continent of Europe, whence our ancestors came, and this for the reason that a much smaller portion' of its surface as compared with its area is occupied by high mountains. Moreover, the greatest mountainous region, that of the Cordilleras, the only one in which the elevations attain to anything like the heights they have in the Alps or Pyrenees, is very sterile, with few streams and lakes, and with hill- sides wh...ich lack the associated forests and meadows which lend so much charm to the Alpine districts.
The wide fields of perpetual snow, with their depen- dent glaciers, are the most beautiful and ennobling features which mountains possess. These are lacking in North America, save in the coast ranges of the Cordil- leras north of Oregon, and in the frozen deserts of Greenland. At only a few points in the Cordilleras which lie within the United States do small snow-fields remain through the arid summer.
While in Europe not more, perhaps, than one-third of the surface is away from the sight of high hills or moun- tains, more than two-thirds of North America presents to its dwellers the aspect of a slightly varied plain, in which the streams have cut but shallow valleys.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As a whole, the continent of North America is very much less picturesque than the continent of Europe, whence our ancestors came, and this for the reason that a much smaller portion' of its surface as compared with its area is occupied by high mountains. Moreover, the greatest mountainous region, that of the Cordilleras, the only one in which the elevations attain to anything like the heights they have in the Alps or Pyrenees, is very sterile, with few streams and lakes, and with hill- sides wh...ich lack the associated forests and meadows which lend so much charm to the Alpine districts.
The wide fields of perpetual snow, with their depen- dent glaciers, are the most beautiful and ennobling features which mountains possess. These are lacking in North America, save in the coast ranges of the Cordil- leras north of Oregon, and in the frozen deserts of Greenland. At only a few points in the Cordilleras which lie within the United States do small snow-fields remain through the arid summer.
While in Europe not more, perhaps, than one-third of the surface is away from the sight of high hills or moun- tains, more than two-thirds of North America presents to its dwellers the aspect of a slightly varied plain, in which the streams have cut but shallow valleys.
What to read after The Story of Our Continent: a Reader in the Geography And Geology of North America, for the Use ...?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Shaler Nathaniel Southgate to read onlineMoreLess
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