 Corrys in many Highland mountains. The floor of that in which the cedars grow presents almost a dead level to the eye, crossed abruptly and transversely by a confused range of ancient moraines which have been deposited by glaciers, that, under very different...  The Natural History Review - Page 121862Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 622 pages
...presents almost a dead level to the eye, crossed abruptly and transversely by a confused rangeof ancieDt moraines which have been deposited by glaciers, that,...defined, and they divide the floor of the basin into an npper and lower flat area. The rills from the surrounding heights collect on the upper flat,- and form... | |
 | Christian life - 1864 - 860 pages
...under very different conditions of climate, onco filled tho basin above them, and communicated with tho perpetual snow with which the whole summit of Lebanon was, at that time, deeply covered. Tho moraines aro perhaps eighty to one hundred feet high ; their boundaries are perfectly defined,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1863 - 736 pages
...of Lebanon, which is to the northward of it. These open basins have shelving sides, which rise 2000 to 4000 feet above their bases ; they exactly resemble...boundaries are perfectly defined, and they divide tho floor of the basin into an upper and lower flat area. The rills from the surrounding heights collect... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1863 - 602 pages
...These open basins have shelving sides, which rise 2000 to 4000 feet above their bases ; they eiactly resemble what are called Corrys in many Highland mountains....are perfectly defined, and they divide the floor of tho basin into an upper and lower flat area. The rills from the surrounding heights collect on the... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 720 pages
...from two to four thousand feet above their bases ; they exactly resemble what are called "corries" in many highland mountains; the floor of that in which...that time deeply covered. The moraines are perhaps eighty to one hundred feet high ; their boundaries are perfectly defined, and they divide the floor... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1879 - 706 pages
...the northward of it. These open basins have shelving sides, which rise two thousand to four thousand feet above their bases ; they exactly resemble what...that time deeply covered. The moraines are perhaps eighty to one hundred feet high ; their boundaries are perfectly defined, and they divide the lloor... | |
 | Josiah Dwight Whitney - Climatology - 1882 - 420 pages
...JD Hooker, the eminent botanist, describes the " Cedars of Lebanon " as growing " on a confused mass of ancient moraines, which have been deposited by...summit of Lebanon was, at that time, deeply covered .J No proof is offered of the morainic character of the detrital material on which these famous cedars... | |
 | Ernest Henry Wilson - Trees - 1920 - 354 pages
...growing 6,200 feet. The whole of this area of Mt. Lebanon is, to quote the article, "a confused mass of ancient moraines which have been deposited by glaciers...that, under very different conditions of climate, once f1lled the basin above them and communicated with perpetual snow which then covered the whole summit.... | |
 | Gardening - 1919 - 634 pages
...growing 6,200 feet. The whole of this area of Mt. Lebanon is, to quote the article, "a confused mass of ancient moraines which have been .deposited by...filled the basin above them and communicated with perpetual snow which then covered the whole summit. The rills from the surrounding heights collect... | |
 | 1862 - 962 pages
...abruptly and transversely by a confused range of ancient moraines .... perhaps 80 to 100 feet high .... which have been deposited by glaciers that, under...Lebanon was, at that time, deeply covered." " The number of trees is about 400, and they are disposed in nine groups, corresponding with as many hummocks... | |
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