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This book is a personal field study and a review of the present knowledge of mountains. Chapters include: Mountain Temperatures, Humidity and Precipitation, Winds, Clouds, and Sun, Vegetation Zones and the Height Limits of Fields, Forests and Their Significance, Alp Pastures and Alp Economy, Land Utilization and Economics, Mountain Populations and Their Distribution, Matters Political, and The character of Mountain Life. A must for the bookshelf of anyone interested in the Geography, including the geology, morphology, climate, plant ecology and human responses and economies of mountains.
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