The Abyssinian Plateau is given in detail in [Fig. 92]. Notice that it lowers gradually towards the south, but abruptly towards the north and that its surface is broken into many plateaus and deeply cut river beds by tributaries to the Nile.
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MAP OF THE ABYSSINIAN PLATEAU.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
The following books of reference may be found useful in the study of geography as a preparation for map drawing:
- Abbott. Waste-land Wanderings. Appleton.
- Agassiz. Journey in Brazil.
- Appleton. Physical Geography.
- Arrold. Through Persia by Caravan.
- Baker. The Nile and Tributaries of Abyssinia.
- Bartholomäi. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central America.
- Bates. Bird’s-eye View of Central and South America.
- Bates. The Naturalist of the Amazon.
- Biart. The Aztecs.
- Brown. Countries of the World.
- Chamberlin and Salisbury. Geology. H. E. Holt & Co.
- Croll. Climate and Cosmology. Appleton.
- Croll. Climate and Time. Appleton.
- Dall. Alaska and Its Resources.
- Dallas. Caves. Humboldt Library.
- Dana. Geological Stories.
- Darwin. Formation of Vegetable Mould. Humboldt Library.
- Davis. Elementary Meteorology.
- Encyclopædias.
- Fitzgerald. Australia.
- Foster. The Mississippi Valley.
- Geikie. Text-book of Geology. Macmillan & Co.
- Geikie. Geological Sketches at Home or Abroad.
- Geikie. Physical Geography. Macmillan & Co.
- Geikie. Text-book of Geography.
- Geikie. Earth Lore.
- Gilbert. Lake Bonneville. U. S. Geological Survey.
- Giberne. Ocean of Air.
- Gilbert. Henry Mountains. U. S. Geological Survey.
- Guyot. Earth and Man. Scribner.
- Guyot. Physical Geography.
- Guyot. Common School Geography.
- Hale. Mexico.
- Hart. Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil.
- Hinman. Eclectic Physical Geography.
- Hill. Physiography.
- Huxley. Physiography.
- Jackman. Nature Study for the Common Schools.
- Jackman. Field Work in Nature Study.
- Johnson. Surface Zones of the Globe.
- Johnson. Geography—Physical, Historical and Descriptive.
- Judd. Volcanoes.
- Jukes-Brown. Hand-book of Physical Geography. Bell.
- Kingsley. Town Geology. Humboldt Library.
- Lawson. Geography of Coast Lines.
- Le Conte. Elements of Geology. Appleton.
- Longman. School Geography.
- Longman. Physical School Atlas.
- Lubbock. Beauties of Nature. Humboldt Library.
- Lyell. Principles of Geology.
- Mill. Realm of Nature. Scribner.
- Milner. Gallery of Geography.
- Mortimer. Journey Across Australia.
- Nansen. First Crossing of Greenland.
- Nordenskjold. Voyage of the Vega.
- Ober. Travels in Mexico.
- Palgrave. Dutch Guiana.
- Parker. How to Study Geography. Appleton.
- Poole. Egypt.
- Reclus. Earth and Its Inhabitants. Appleton.
- Reclus. Birds’-eye View of the World. Ticknor & Co.
- Reclus. The History of a Mountain. Harper Bros.
- Reclus. The Earth.
- Reclus. The Earth, the Sea and the Sky. (2 Vols.)
- Ritter. Comparative Geography. Van Antwerp.
- Ritter. Geographical Studies. Bragg & Co.
- Robert. The Earth’s History. Scribner.
- Schuyler. Turkestan.
- Shaler. Aspects of the Earth. Scribner.
- Shaler. Nature and Man in America.
- Shaler. Our Continent.
- Squier. Peru.
- Stanford. Compendiums of Geography and Travel.
- Stanley. The Congo.
- Stanley. In Darkest Africa.
- Taylor. Arabia, India, China and Japan.
- Treat. Home Studies in Nature. Harper.
- Tyler. Anahuac, or Mexico and the Mexicans.
- Tyndall. Forms of Water. Humboldt Library.
- United States Geological Surveys from 4th to 12th Vols. Inclusive.
- Vincent. Thirty Thousand Miles’ Travel in Australia.
- Wallace. Darwinism.
- — What Darwin Saw.
- Williams. The Middle Kingdom.
- Whymper. Travels and Adventures in Alaska.
- Williams. Geography of the Ocean.
- Winchell. Geological Excursions. Griggs.
- Winchell. Sketches of Creation. Harper.