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The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian
By Isaiah Bowman
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Table of Contents
- THE ANDES OF SOUTHERN PERU
- PREFACE
- SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS
- CONTENTS
- PART I HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER I THE REGIONS OF PERU
- The Forest Dweller
- The Eastern Valley Planter
- The Highland Shepherd
- The Coastal Planter
- The Forest Dweller
- The Eastern Valley Planter
- The Highland Shepherd
- The Coastal Planter
- CHAPTER II THE RAPIDS AND CANYONS OF THE URUBAMBA
- CHAPTER III THE RUBBER FORESTS
- CHAPTER IV THE FOREST INDIANS
- CHAPTER V THE COUNTRY OF THE SHEPHERDS
- CHAPTER VI THE BORDER VALLEYS OF THE EASTERN ANDES
- CHAPTER VII THE GEOGRAPHIC BASIS OF REVOLUTIONS AND OF HUMAN CHARACTER IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES
- CHAPTER VIII THE COASTAL DESERT
- CHAPTER IX CLIMATOLOGY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES
- CLIMATIC BELTS
- THE CLIMATE OF THE COAST
- EASTERN BORDER CLIMATES
- INTER-ANDEAN VALLEY CLIMATES
- CLIMATIC BELTS
- THE CLIMATE OF THE COAST
- EASTERN BORDER CLIMATES
- INTER-ANDEAN VALLEY CLIMATES
- CHAPTER X METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES
- Introduction
- Machu Picchu[27]
- CLOUDINESS
- Santa Lucia[29]
- TEMPERATURE
- RAINFALL
- WIND
- CLOUD
- UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENA, SANTA LUCIA, 1913-14
- Morococha
- Temperature
- RAINFALL
- Cochabamba
- Introduction
- Machu Picchu[27]
- CLOUDINESS
- Santa Lucia[29]
- TEMPERATURE
- RAINFALL
- WIND
- CLOUD
- UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENA, SANTA LUCIA, 1913-14
- Morococha
- Temperature
- RAINFALL
- Cochabamba
- CHAPTER I THE REGIONS OF PERU
- PART II PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES
- CHAPTER XI THE PERUVIAN LANDSCAPE
- CHAPTER XII THE WESTERN ANDES: THE MARITIME CORDILLERA OR CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL
- CHAPTER XIII THE EASTERN ANDES: THE CORDILLERA VILCAPAMPA
- GLACIERS AND GLACIAL FORMS
- THE VILCAPAMPA BATHOLITH AND ITS TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
- GLACIERS AND GLACIAL FORMS
- THE VILCAPAMPA BATHOLITH AND ITS TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
- CHAPTER XIV THE COASTAL TERRACES
- CHAPTER XV PHYSIOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT
- GENERAL FEATURES
- SCHISTS AND SILURIAN SLATES[50]
- CARBONIFEROUS
- CRETACEOUS
- TERTIARY
- The Coastal Tertiary
- PLEISTOCENE
- GENERAL FEATURES
- SCHISTS AND SILURIAN SLATES[50]
- CARBONIFEROUS
- CRETACEOUS
- TERTIARY
- The Coastal Tertiary
- PLEISTOCENE
- CHAPTER XVI GLACIAL FEATURES
- THE SNOWLINE
- NIVATION
- BERGSCHRUNDS AND CIRQUES
- ASYMMETRICAL CREST LINES AND ABNORMAL VALLEY PROFILES IN THE CENTRAL ANDES
- THE SNOWLINE
- NIVATION
- BERGSCHRUNDS AND CIRQUES
- ASYMMETRICAL CREST LINES AND ABNORMAL VALLEY PROFILES IN THE CENTRAL ANDES
- APPENDIX A SURVEY METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEVEN ACCOMPANYING TOPOGRAPHIC SHEETS
- Cross-Section Map from Abancay to CamanĂ¡ at the Pacific Ocean
- Conclusions
- Cross-Section Map from Abancay to CamanĂ¡ at the Pacific Ocean
- Conclusions
- APPENDIX B Fossil Determinations
- I. Silurian
- II. Lower Devonian
- III. Upper Carboniferous
- IV. Comanchian or Lower Cretaceous
- I. Silurian
- II. Lower Devonian
- III. Upper Carboniferous
- IV. Comanchian or Lower Cretaceous
- APPENDIX C KEY TO PLACE NAMES
- INDEX
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