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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. CLIMATE AND COGNATE PHENOMENA. Phenomena of climate?Mean annual temperature?Mean temperatures: February?Moan temperatures: August?Influence of the Ocean upon temperature?Actual temperatures?Atmospheric pressure? Prevailing winds?Land and sea breezes?Trade-winds?Monsoon winds?Kainfall: Equatorial zone?Rainfall: Tropical and sub- Tropical zones?Desert regions?Sources of great river-systems? Rainy seasons?Snow-line?Distribution of soils?Soils: Archaean rocks?Soils: PaUeozoie division?Soils: Mesozoic strata?Soils: Tertiary rocks?Soils: Quaternary and Recent deposits?Best soils for agricultural purposes?Effect of forests on rain-supply?Distribution of vegetation?Vegetation: typical zones?Mediterranean zone?Desert zone?A picture of the Sahara desert?Transition region?Kalahari desert zone?Zone of Tropical vegetation?The great Congo Forest?Mr. Stanley's description of the great Congo Forest ?Limits of zone of primeval forest and Tropical vegetation?Zones of vegetation compared?Savannas?Vegetation: latitudinal and longitudinal developments?Distribution of fauna?Unique faunal types?African legacies?Fauna: African realm?Faunal sub-regions ?Mammalian fauna?Other faunas?Insect pests?Climatology? Factors of climate?Modifications of climate?Comparison between climates?Application of known laws?Desert climates?Climate of coastal zone?Sub-Tropical climates?Malarial fevers?Malarial poisons?Other factors?Humidity and soil?Distribution of malaria ?Remedial measures?Other Tropical diseases?Guinea Coast? Acclimatisation?Habitability of Africa?Unsettleable lands?Settle- able lands?Regions north of Equator?Effects of climate?Upper Nile region?Central Sudan?Regions south of Equator?Intermediate and highland regions?Cross and Crescent?Essentials of effective occupation. The ...

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