Book Description

Excerpt from Mammals of Maryland Maryland lies between the parallels of 35 53' and 39 44' north latitude and the meridians 75 4' and 79 29' west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the State Of Pennsylvania and on the east by the State Of Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean. The southern boundary Of the State is the Potomac River which separates it from Virginia and West Virginia. West Virginia also borders Maryland on the west. The District Of Columbia is a political entity on the Potomac, between Prince Georges and Montgomery counties, Maryland. It is not physio graphically distinct from Maryland in any way, and herein is regarded as a part Of Maryland. The Maryland Geological Survey lists the total area Of the State as square miles, of which square miles are water. Thus the total land area of Maryland is square miles, making the State the eighth smallest in the Union. The area of the District Of Columbia is some 70 square miles, of which 8 are water. Maryland extends in a general ese - wnw direction for about 320 miles; the greatest north-south distance is approximately 150 miles. The State is actually a narrow cross section Of the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont Plateau, and the Appalachian ridges. Elevations pass gradually from sea level to feet on Backbone Mountain in Garrett County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."