Excerpt from Physical Geography: From the Encyclopedia BritannicaThe present work is one of a series of articles written, at the request of the editors of the Encylopeedia Bria tannica, for publication in the new edition of that digest, Where it accordingly first appeared in 1859. Being desirous of publishing it in a separate form they have obligingly afforded the author an opportunity during the passing of the sheets through the press, of revising them, Whieh he has so far availed himself of as to make some not very important corrections Where they appeared to be needed, and to insert some few additional notices or remarks - chie¿y in the form of notes. These are sufficiently distinguished, Where they occur, from the original text, but are not such, either in number or importance, to destroy the identity of the work With the original article. To write a com plete treatise on Physical Geography though a, noble.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.