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Physical Geography

Chapter 73: LAKES AND INLAND SEAS.
By Mary Somerville
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A systematic survey of the planet’s physical features and the processes that made them, beginning with the earth’s place in the solar system and the geological and geodetic methods used to measure its form and interior. It proceeds to characterize major landforms—continents, mountain chains, plateaus, plains, coasts, islands, and reefs—and explains volcanic and glacial activity, sea-level change, and the structure of soils and rocks. Chapters treat climate and atmospheric circulation, the distribution of plants and animals, and how human action interacts with natural forces. Frequent cross-references between structure, climate, and biological distribution emphasize causes as well as descriptive geography.

Names of Places, Mountains, &c. Heights in English Feet. Countries in which situated. Authorities.
Isle of Bourbon, highest point 8,340   Phys. Atlas.
Mount Ambotismene 11,506 Madagascar A. B. L.
Adam’s Peak 6,152 Ceylon  
Mount Slamat or Tajal 11,930 Java Junghuhn.
Mount Sumbung 11,030 Java Junghuhn.
Mount Gounnong Pasama, or Ophir 13,840 Sumatra Raffles.
Volcano of Matua 4,500 Kurile Is. Phys. Atlas.
Peak of Unimak 8,593 Aleutian Is. Phys. Atlas.
Mowna Kea 13,953 Sandwich Is. Wilkes.
Mowna Roa 13,760 Sandwich Is. Wilkes.
Tobreonou 12,250 Otaheite Phys. Atlas.
Mount Wellington, or Kosciusco 6,500 New Holland Strelizki.
Mount Lindsay Lat. 28° 20ʹ S. 5,700 New Holland Mitchell.
Mount Canobolas Lat. 33 25 4,551 New Holland Mitchell.
Mount Edgecumbe 9,630 New Zealand Bidwell.
Mount Egmont 8,840 New Zealand Dieffenbach.
Tongariro Mountain 6,200 New Zealand Dieffenbach.
Mount Erebus 12,400     Antarctic Lands Sir J. C. Ross.
Mount Terror 10,880 Sir J. C. Ross.

LAKES AND INLAND SEAS.

Names of Places, Mountains, &c. Heights in English feet. Countries in which situated. Authorities.
Sirikol, source of the Oxus 15,630 Pameo Wood.
Manasarowar and Raikas Thal 15,250 Tibet Strachey.
Chumurari Lake 15,000 Tibet Cunningham.
Titicaca 12,847 Peru-Bolivia Pentland.
Baikal 1,535 Asia A. C.
Lake of Van 566 Turkey in Asia A. C.
Aral 36 Asia A. C.
Caspian Sea, below the level of the Ocean 82 Asia R. Survey.
Dead Sea, below the Ocean 1,312 Syria Symond.
Lake Superior 596 N. America  
Lake of Lucerne 1,407 Switzerland Eschman.
Lake of Geneva 1,230 Switzerland Eschman.

HEIGHTS OF SOME REMARKABLE INHABITED PLACES.

Names of Places, Mountains, &c. Heights in English feet. Countries in which situated. Authorities.
Rumihuasi, Post Station 15,542 Andes of Peru Gaye.
Ayavirini, Post Station 14,960 Peru Gaye.
Pati, Post Station 16° 05ʹ 14,400 Peru Pentland.
Apo Post Station 16 13S. 14,376 Peru Pentland.
Ancochallani, farm 17 35 14,683 Peru Pentland.
Tacora, village 17 47 13,690 Peru Pentland.
Calamarca 16 54 13,650 Bolivia Pentland.
Antisana, farm 13,454 Equator Humboldt.
Potosi, city 13,330 Bolivia Pentland.
Puno, city 12,870 Peru Pentland.
Oruro, city 12,454 Bolivia Pentland.
La Paz, city 12,226 Bolivia Pentland.
Miquipampa, village 11,870 Peru Humboldt.
Cusco, city 11,384 Peru Pentland.
Quito, capital of the Equator   9,543 Humboldt.
Chuquisaca, capital of Bolivia 9,343 Bolivia Pentland.
Bogota, capital of New Grenada 8,730 N. Grenada Humboldt.
Mexico 7,570 Mexico Humboldt.
Arequipa, city 7,852 Peru Pentland.
Highest villages on S. side of the Himalaya 13,000 Kumäon Strachey.
Ladak 9,995 Tibet A. C.
Niti, village 11,473 Kumäon Webb.
Darjeeling, town 7,165 Sekim Himalaya Waugh.
Cabool 6,382 Afghanistan Burnes.
Kandahar 5,563 Afghanistan Humboldt.
Teheran 4,137 Persia A. C.
Kashmir, city 5,818 Kashmir Hugel.
Hospital of Great St. Bernard 8,110   A. B. L.
Hospital of St. Gothard 6,808 Alps, P. A. B. L.
St. Veran, village 6,693 Alps, C. A. B. L.
Breuil, village 6,584 Alps, P. P. S.
Barèges, village 4,072 Pyrenees A. B. L.
Briançon, town 4,285 Alps, M. A. B. L.
Madrid, city 1,994 Spain A. B. L.
Münich, city 1,764 Bavaria A. B. L.
Geneva, city 1,450 Switzerland A. B. L.
Lima, city 520 Peru Pentland.
Vienna, city 436 Austria A. B. L.
Milan, city 420 Lombardy A. B. L.
Paris, Observatory 213 France A. B. L.
Rome, Capitol 151 Italy A. B. L.
Berlin 131 Prussia A. B. L.