Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13
That no Better Climate Con.
dlllOns Exist on lhe Face
oil The Globe.
Pute Rarehed Air a. All
Seasons.
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No M,ast,a,,t t'r.sisT ,s,s Swan,,,,
nj lIew lands,
No rheumatism, No Nionua,soc..
No Malat,a 9. lha
Altitude.
Las Vegas. Situated in the Wohd'.
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by Vim, cassssa HALEY. A M. II
Observer. N~AsAsw Iaurvaa Sta
ton al Las VEGAS
The climate nj n gt.en lA.algty Ia
partially determined BY the ph, aieal
conditions existing In that hsrallts
AMI varies - Do the lacal condition..
Which intlaeaee IT, TAas. the climate
of o district may vary from the
climate Of = nelghborang district
fns climate q q ssacoaSx town var
ses materially II It's proportion q
moisture. from that Of - aslana
to.n situated Tar fsosa any ara.
body Of wa,er. G2s Climate q a d.
tr4et eoEtlg2a2s 10 low gagxAy lA&@
varies troaa saas ot . d&$&Tacs posses
Ing high and Dry sol A climate va
les be- vi = 61&%g3e< ecns4sEAag -
clay SOL. ana oae AAv1@g = sa&9
sol. the change being - Go -
difference In rsseaaoG q G&&&&4r~
There u . eoGsrass o@ew$&2 s2a e.
mate q moanta&a &&4 sa&s~y, sA
tween q no9ntaIaags regAsa All !.
level o2s: h@tweea a. &p@2 2aA@G H. =:
q forest: heswsea IL AREA 4sv&eS.
fled with hotties ot wa.er a. 4 ~
tsriess regton- A 9ISsg!es p~o$&&ss12~
q characteristic climate nay o@ 81
ssnsIve. as tie aEyness q. = desert
or may BE- circanseEtbe4 wttAta :
small AREA, A. Yuma. with ia exes4
sire heat. In a 9efI!e surrounded b.
closely Contingencies moaat&ln#~
While II In true thai the climate -
or =" I'm H.ay s4y gffm Tia % a
no. rTheTt~~ ~n". h~~a sat+ - a 9iTf~>
snes In physical condition. there AZ
aiao general and distant eaaa%~
which afert ~ The most important
ara classified an follows: the die
tance from the e. iua'nr. The dtstAnfe
from tire sea. tho direction OF the
prevailing winda. and thu altitude
The dIatanre from the equator In
ftuGprea the degree IT heat or co'd
the distance from the sea Influence"
the decree ~ moisture, the prevail
lng winfa affect mnpt the nomni ~
pSefipttatiun. atti'ud" mndifi"& N"
degree ~ heal or enli and mnt.tnf"
Thus anne climates are hot n
some are cold $nHte are moist ana
some are dry Between these en-
frarnea may be fpnud every degree ~
graduation,
All ri tho cauHea TO which we hav"
referred. may combine and produce a
climate which may In all respects b."
shs ant'th"&iA Of one CLOSELY adl1tn'nE
A notable example of this ma b"
found In Southwestern Asia, tn"
HymaIava mountains traverse At'a
from mast 10 west. and attain great
heights. South of the mountains the
prevailing winds arise from the In
dian ocean, and laden with moist
ure. paaa north over india, who's"
aotl with extensive areas Of marshes
and jungles. In Of such A character
NJ 10 absorb and retain vast amounts
Of rain. and. by rapid evaporation.
add TO the already over.sasnrateh
winds. Thus. tho precipitation
throughout this section. extending 70
the southern slope Of the Hyma'ayaa'
In the greatest In the world: ana Inc
climate Ia one Of the hottest. ap
proxtmating that of tho torrid zone.
The Rhasi hills In Eastern ind'a
nearer The coast than the ~Hyna'ayhs
have mn average precipitation OF
ao3 10 inches annually; 900 inrhe"
have fallen there In a single year
and 3GA inches In a single m"nlh'
These hills catch the winds from the
bav ~ Bengal, after they have paas
cd over two hundred miles OF 10"
and awampy land. the precipitation
increasing aw the winds proeet.'
northward from the eoaAt, At u
hatly. neal the sea. prerlp'tat,on Nv
erages 100 inches: at Tnra NV IN
Chez, Mt sylhet. still further ih'and.
1sg inches. In the Khasi hills to the
amount stated above, When 'he
winds reach the southern slope ~
tha uymalayaa, precipitation 10 Bill.
very great. mostly In the FORM o.
s,ow tho perpetual anow line eS'
tending dawn the mountains u" WIN
In 10oo or 1000 feet above h sea
The uvmalayaa form A barrier 10
these moist winds. beyond wh'e"
thew do mt pass, 1t Ia n~o''ceanie. !"
,ha region Just described, that 'he
ao,i Low and marshy, contributes "
the character Of its climate
The northern slope OF the fiyh'a'
lnvaa receives the prevailing w'ha"
rom the north. They are not moist.
nre.laaan. for much Of the soil over
which. they pass. eosesiax m arss
quite 40 vast as that Of central ann
r.rs ,ahte lands. IL a barren waste.
=, T. sandy and rock. wholly differ.
from the soil whose character
s g.. have been studying, and has q
We cold eno,eh to belong to the
eliza eliza zone These winds become
h ITO and d. dry as Trey pass over these
"a: :sndy precipitation sapnaa1 on The s nor. ses
s,ona OF the Hymalayas' 80 'na' 'A'