HOW DESERTS ARE FORMED.
There is a popular idea that deserts like the Sahara are the bottoms of ancient seas which have been lifted above their original elevation by geological forces. This notion is an erroneous one It is absolutely certain, high authorities contend,' that the sands of all the great deserts have been formed on the spot by the disintegration of the solid rocks on which they-rest. Desert sands correspond in all respects, so far as their mode of origin is concerned, to the dust and sand that accumulates on our high roads in summer; • All deserts are situated where the winds from the ocean, before reaching them, arc exhausted of their moisture by passing over mountains or across extensive tracts of land. \
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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124HOW DESERTS ARE FORMED. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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