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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The arid region of western United States and northern Mexico is a vast expanse of plain out of which abruptly rise a multitude of lofty mountains. The landscape has been aptly likened to a sea bedecked with volcanic isles. Of the entire area the desert-plains occupy about four-fifths; the mountains one-fifth. Between the different mountain ranges the plains-surface is usually slightly inclined towards the middle. These intermont plains are commonly designated as valleys.
Publication Date
1908
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
137
Last Page
141
Copyright
©1908 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Keyes, Charles R.
(1908)
"Eolian Origin of Certain Lake Basins of the Mexican Tableland,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 15(1), 137-141.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol15/iss1/21