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Indian : IndiansThe term Indian can refer to:
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steeply that its emergence does not give rise to a plain but
several hundred and even.html">even one thousand feet above the present
The coastal plains produced by uplift of the land may be fertile
access to the sea.html">sea because they have no harbors. The chief harbor
and could never protect a great fleet, even with the help of its
the uplifted Pacific coast, it must spend millions in wresting a
been submerged beneath the sea. In some places, especially those
middle latitudes, a recent slight submergence has succeeded a
taken place, it has given rise to countless bays, gulfs, capes,
has drowned their lower parts. It has surrounded the bases of
has created long sounds where traffic may pass with safety even
be good for agriculture, commerce has been wonderfully
hundreds of boats which again and again would suffer distress and
accident that of the eight largest metropolitan districts in the
which are due to the drowning of valleys.
Nor must the value of scenery be forgotten in a survey such as
strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. We are
greatest healers. Regions like the coast of Maine and Puget
worth untold millions because of their inspiring beauty. It is
States and southern Canada so many circumstances favorable to
passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals
their blessings upon man. And with all these blessings goes the
stimulus of foreign lands, while at the same time it affords. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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