New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-02
'CLlkATE
DF The NORrHWlSrHaN
PLAINS.

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Sin: In . recent sssce .t the capsssy q ~
Pans Of The Norts Wet for casiv ssivs, - -
s,sted by TEE TnBrgs that the qsest,on Of sssny q
isns Tor the summer VA ne o.st imp~sAA ~
,u1 in doubt in regard ate, ssd tsst sAs svt
d.pces were manly IN favor Of the ~ a -
plain. east Of the Rely hcuut.iss and seas sSso,
we're TOO DRY. wish to m.se bnef stsssosaS Of
tie iea4ops for nfenps . dif,rps seedb m b rsged
to Summer rsos to bslosg Ia TIE Northern Atesdss
fvu that Known TO exit Al the SvstA and 70 as ssDs
facts IN p'oof Of the posito~u.
think Il An sror 10 supposs the ariity q Ne in>o
nor TO be due to The mcunsairs bordering The PsDs.
There s certainly arid bit, ~noiy drnsrsss - D
on. H. o. The vest Of both oopupests, beginning - "
vest of Africa spo partially Appearing IN spah, - ~
old continent and begmIing g the Gulf VI Cah1uIa,
AZ the same Latitude here. Ia both cssss ~ eeaee
directly open to the ipteD'ey and, - b hc>A
cssss II extspds fr be tropic to the b tisA DoueA
the lsst three or four d. grses Of latitude prsssaAg
modified form Of the general anday.
On both contir erts dsser oelt eItssds ssrtAsase
ward from this coast; AID thus in Europe go - tss
high. ct Latitude ., he Csspias SEE, and 70 ~ 49,
Nopgohsn Bssin, neither above the @A Doeas
While the immediate Of each 1T these sesbs -
no rain in Summer the plaiBs Of European ks'os -
ibose Of Siberia imDedistely at the north, have 10y
rer e,a Of thew ssssa! gsoanI ,@s" S,
And a quantity d stvely sufhoisU Tor seaveo..
There may be come thing doe To mosntsn ohans . -
interior, but there is refssioiy bothtns dse
cnu,ee in the north Of Africa tho bsx noinx 81 - -
Here aso the semidessr psiDs so neaiy % u
ma, alhl but net quite; Ne kpo~ this feasoSe - -
much modified ct the 45fh parallel. and AL ~ aacs
teatpres are on smsler scale than 10 the ON We.
II CO mot be boabtsd shsi there aeTt - - -
without rsssd to ncSB,Ain-, Hpce on the Gun - c.
fornis spi on the Pacific s.Tes OF the soasn 9 "
State of California there 10 no Sanmer rsis AsIe,,
rently tbs ares extends land, and p+ssss c.
and tbese O. the north have nov fhs NV sss -
annual oaAntity Of rain ts Suumsr, pfecsesY . NO
plains Of the Volga At Font Socips, In es.D9,
IL inches of rain. and for the >eAr . ncoss, - No
mean Of poIe than twenty years OF ooserv aneo.
Fixpsiths an,Lsy for Toe ess te sids of ne phs
We have to sscsftup whstnsr IL sppliee aho - 0e
western ness; ssd this u u undoubtedly ocfe dht-
cult to do. Rut We have great prouAon OF - ~
the desert BARNS reach 10 the valley OF The Csnnoc
anne zoe Tb l. o, AZ s,ten.os Of the Ss:i.s 4 va
lstudes from eIirsord Bary csuetS, ho~sv0. - ~
mountain chains urtber essa are lee 'hay s.d sS.e
bile AZ csl barriers Norm OF the H perahJ
the bssin of the Coluutis t""~n 70 be yell vsfcrs
nd the valley Of Fr1srs RI, or, with oths psrs a
Bri,ish Amerin ~est Of the Rocky hounsahe, ~
profursdy wstered. UDAss the koosy Moun'aAn. soe
may Do supposed 70 prsss bt UNUSUAL Uitsnos eers
fore We may suppose that the fe.tes OF BON - eek
and west sizes Of this plain you'd be extssted ever
most Of IL are. and ths. ne pl.us At toe heed q -
hseissippi ssy 10 fact be taken - We type o. Ne
whole at thai lsisude.
Az far a. IL known from observation this Dry bsat
crosres the Platte, the Bad Lasds 81 Neraahsb 80
has come influence " the saline lake. wess q kea
River. Bot at he Yelo~ Stone and all ~ oreneAss
The suppy Of So an.s ain "a smPe, Hna ~ ~
TO D. 80 on tss keo River the as-pibon md Ne 80
ka cbAs o. " tse pi,te sos OF coteasI crosg Ne
Mttouri at the Ash pAs sl and ns1 the loo'h ner-
dian. and occupying some considerable spsse tosca
-. k.A ia nTrln MA
| ne belt of deficient rsio.
TIE Upper MissouJi vas said BY Lewh and Ulahe
TO bave large volume at Fort Union IN SUMNER =
| ct point thousand aSes btlow. Inc ssee fsNs1
u made BY recent surveyors, aud the Yellow bleno 40
Ito tributaries clear caJsr AID dep pAsy nvUs
differing from those Of the plans sooth yard Ins iteo
| River and it's brapcses are also deep sow-hovng
| riyas, though some exhibit toe nuddy caerss'0 gwen
by opep tertiary plsjDs. tsct hing bets cen W
Essopr and Sssk stshe said 70 give hS 81 ee'
ter TO its drain aye, though the greater area Of -
plans does 90 more than the North OF llinow-wh
which has Indeed vsSy many features Oh cor'sspoA'
epce
The ample rivers and lakes Of these great plains pre-
oude the ides that 10 dec,ent In rain In the bunm1,
sipce Tie Winter known ~ be AaAsgous 70 Tie W.
ter Of the plans Of Central E4oye ~nd to have very
smal Measure OF precipitation 10 either ram or snow
The Yellow Stone Missouri. Red RIVER the Two yea6
brssches Of tie SArkatohev az 'bs A'iniboin Aths-
bssca and orhers all rivers OF great vSjue and u
greater uDiforn than the Platte Al Arkansas drah
fne the Southern plans. AL dram only the sAs'uS
slope of the Rock MONTANA. II the mountains w~e -
d,csive in their effect Ia Nv Bssio res on-oT -
they are supposed 10 he here though the Absence Of
rain Is in trvth suibutsbie TO the exterior oenes
which orig nsie the Dtser Bets Of both Contansnes-
there could be no e,0Idge expeo'ei IN tne oasHss
| Iopss and DO ri ser OF volume ooaJd eInt there
The senuneIs in rega,d 10 tho vegstsros and fe-
ess OF these psns and Of the Quilt satien existing q
mr. ny pt Ls 10 BritSb America, coehrm tbese vnSs
Ricksrdson nowhere msnriIns The occurrence OF Sam
ner drouibs, FOR do any writers In regard 70 Br6sh
America or.ths Red River oou1try. On ~ onsouh,
severe. Il not snb pewD, u Fort Union The m1uh
OF the Yellow Stone II 10 bel eyed that obsesvsosn
and positive uessu emspt viii tally eon6so ~ anAl
opy Of tbose above the 47th psrall-l, weobe VI
he psips of Rsssis a. the head 81 the NJ
.psippi, both having bsf The entire aa>ansy ts ~
wear in the three nobths Of sumner, sn3 both
bsving IN ample qusbuty for ell Parposes Of sssass
ton. LohH DLoD"AI
Nee Y.vA Feb ;. ia57