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rainy Northwest, which resembles his native habitat, he 

 thrives both in body and estate." * 



Besides the climatic gradations in .tun- \\hi.-h 



arr found i: - nt latitude-, tli.-iv i> climatic varia- 



in temperature correlated with altitu.l.-. There are 

 .titude and zones of altitu.l..- 1 Miss Sem- 

 ple tells us that the southern slope of the Monte 

 Rosa Al|-. fn>m irl.-i'-i'-r cap at ..".IM meter- to the hanks 

 of the Po H within a /oual 



ome of European lit*'' from Lapland to the Mediter- 



m. la Climate changes with altitude in much the 

 same way as with latitude. (Jem-rally speaking, heat 

 and absolute humidity diminish as height increases, while 



all becomes gi up to a certain lv-l. t4 The 



effect of ascending and descending cnrirnt> of air is to 

 diminish the range of temperature on mountain slopes 

 and produce rath.-r an oceanic type of rlimate." 2 '* I'ni- 

 form climate is usually found in a land of monotonous 



. while a region rich in vertical articulation* i- 

 also in local varirtio of climate. P: animal life 



conform to tin- elimatir lev. -Is at different altitudes. 



Asia has a threefold cultural stratification 



- popul nded hy the appropriate den- 



sity, according h "ii in -tepj-e. pi.-dnmnt and moun- 



tain. The >t-ppes have their 1 pastoral nomads; 



the piedmont-, with their irrigation streams, support 

 sedentary agricultural peoj.les, concentrated at focal 

 points in commercial and industrial towns; the higher 

 reaches of the mountain- are occupird hy sparse groups 



Ifuntinirtnn. H. "Chang** of riim.tr and HUtory." Amrr. Hist. K> 



ml. 18. no. 2. Jan. 1013, p. 231. 

 8* figure 88. 

 Staple, of. Hi. p. : /6iJ.. p. 558. 



