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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...winds increase in force; rain begins to full; the evergreens sigh ominously, and utter desolation and loneliness prevail." United States Department of Agri culture, Weather Bureau. The Sitka district is very mountainous, and the coast bold aud steep with few beaches. The mountain sides are densely wooded, and the snow line begins at an elevation of from three thousand to five thousand feet. The prevailing winds being westerly and off the ocean, bring the moisture to the snowy mountains, which condense it. Hence it is the combination of the mountains, the prevailing moist winds from the sea, and the warm Japan current, which results in this enormous rainfall, nowhere else equalled in the United States, the annual rainfall at Sitka being more than double that on the Atlantic coast. At Sitka the rainfall for the three winter months is about thirty inches, and for the three summer months sixteen inches. The Sitka region is the scenic portion of Alaska, visited by tourists, and here are found immense glaciers descending into the ocean. The country is heavily wooded with spruce, hemlock, and cedar, and the vegetation is dense. On account of the sparse sunshine agriculture is difficult, but many garden vegetables are successfully grown. In the Kadiak district, which comprises Cook's Inlet, the peninsula of Alaska, and the Kadiak Islands, the climate is similar to that of the Sitka region, but there is more sunshine and less rain, and the seasonal extremes of temperature are greater. At Kadiak the annual mean temperature is 40.6 F., and the number of days of rain or snow for ten months of the year 1899 was 133, and the number of cloudy days 124, making 257 cloudy and rainy days out of 304. The monthly mean temperature at Kadiak for eight years is as follows: K...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130295894
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 820
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130295893
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1438 gr

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