IN RAIN AND SNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES. 



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Diagram 2.— TYPE-CURVES OF THE ANNUAL FLUCTUATION IN RAIN FALL. 



J. V. M. A. M. J. J. A. S. O. N. D. J. 



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'SSpeU. 



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Type IT. :r= : 



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Type Via. 



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Atlantic sea-coast, 

 Portland to Washington. 



Hudson River Valley, 



Vermont, Northern and 



Western New York. 



Upper Mississippi, part 



of Iowa, Minnesota, and 



Wisconsin. 



Ohio River Valley, 



Western Pennsylvania 



to Eastern Missouri. 



Indian Territory and 

 Western Arkansas. 



Lower Mississippi and 



Red River; part of 



Kentucky. 



Mississippi delta, and 



coast of Mississippi 



and Alabama. 



Atlantic sea-coast, 

 Virginia to Florida. 



