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moist), Petro Alexandrowsk which is situated near Chiwa 

 south of the Aral Sea (drier and colder during winter, but 

 warmer during summer), and Askhabad to the north of the 



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III 



VfW/ 



w 



Fig. 1. Hydrothermals for three stations in Transcaspia, viz.: I. Tashkent, 

 II Askhabad, III Petro Alexandrowsk. The ordinary lines are temperature- 

 curves, and the figures to the left express degrees Centigrade. The dotted 

 lines give the precipitation in centimetres. (Constructed after the method 

 of RAUNKJ/ER (1905, 1907). 



mountains bordering Persia (very hot and dry). The tem- 

 perature and precipitation of these stations are moreover 

 marked out in curves in the manner indicated by RAUNK.LER 



(fig- 1). 



