Pictorial Geographical Readers

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Excerpt from Pictorial Geographical Readers: Africa and AustralasiaOf all the tropical lands of the world, for seven-tenths of its area lie within the Torrid Zone. Over a great part of its area it practically knows no winter, and so may be relatively described as the winterless continent.' It is an elevated continent, and might be broadly described as one vast tableland, bordered round with maritime ranges, which form the seaward edges of the highlands.It is simple and regular in its outline. NO other continent is so rounded and compact, and on that account so difficult of access. It might therefore be described as the inaccessible continent.' All round the sixteen thousand miles of its coast there is one unbroken line, Without great peninsulas or deep gulfs. The land sends out no arms, the sea wears out few large bays. The mountains lie chie¿y near the coast and parallel with it. The lowlands form a coast fringe which is generally low and unhealthy.Judged by its surface, its rocks and its soils, Africa might also be called the stable continent.' In other continents. The seaboards are more or less subject to movements Of upheaval or subsidence. Africa has scarcely any of these movements. The coast has sunk between the Nile Delta and the Gulf Of Sidra, and on the seaboards Of Morocco and Of the Red Sea parts Of the coast have risen. With these exceptions, the coast is stable.Earthquakes are limited chie¿y to the Atlas Moun tains, while on the west side the volcanic system is restricted to the Bight of Biafra. On the east side, however, there is much more evidence Of volcanic action.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.