Chapter VI
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GREAT PROJECTS OF PHYSICAL CHANGE ACCOMPLISHED OR PROPOSED BY MAN.
Cutting of Isthmuses—Canal of Suez—Maritime Canals in Greece—Canals to Dead Sea—Canals to Libyan Desert—Maritime Canals in Europe—Cape Cod Canal—Changes in Caspian—Diversion of the Nile—Diversion of the Rhine—Improvements in North American Hydrography—Soil below Rock—Covering Rock with Earth—Desert Valleys—Effects of Mining—Duponchel's Plans of Improvement—Action of Man on the Weather—Resistance to Great Natural Forces—Incidental Effects of Human Action—Nothing Small In Nature