Some of the storks wade along the shores of the
Nile, searching for frogs, snakes and fish. Others
feed in the swamps and marshes of the lake region,
where the Nile rises. Still others fly to the far-off
southern part of Africa, where summer reigns while
‘it is winter in Europe.

What does this lesson tell about the seasons north
and south of the equator ?

Strassburg is in the upper part of the valley of
the Rhine.

105. Belts of Heat.*

What river basins does the equator cross?

What rivers flow into the Arctic ocean? Are their
basins cold or warm?

What river basins are about halfway between the
equator and the poles?

Which’ part of the earth is in the hot belt?
What river basins are in this belt?

The hot belt has no winter. Here some
parts of the year are cooler than others, and
some months are rainy while others are dry.

 

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What river basins are in the warm belts?

The warm belts are a little cooler than
the hot belt. They have long summers and
short winters. Snow is seldom: seen in the
warm belts, except on mountains, but there.
are many frosty nights in winter.

What river basins aré in the cool belts?

The cool belts have cold winters and hot
summers. The air of spring and autumn is
cool. The land is white with snow during
a large part of winter and early spring.

There is but little land in the southern cool
belt.

The cold belt of the north has very long
winters and short summers. Along the Arctic
coast in this belt the soil is deeply frozen the
year round. The hot sun of summer thaws
it only a few inches in depth. —

Even in summer a wide field ‘of ice and
snow spreads round each pole.

1 On page 125 there is a small map of the zones of light.