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| 6 | 578 | My own observations would lead me to say that for all View more quotes about practical">practical purposes there is, on the equator itself, no dry season. |
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| 6 | 575 | The land will not support large permanent settlements. |
| 6 | 576 | On the equator, itself, interestingly, geographers maintain that there are two dry seasons and two rainy seasons. |
| 6 | 577 | Once again, if there is much to this, I would prefer to think of two rainy seasons and two less rainy seasons. |
| 6 | 578 | My own observations would lead me to say that for all practical purposes there is, on the equator itself, no dry season. |
| 6 | 579 | The reason for the great amount of rain in the equatorial regions is, I suppose, clear to all. |
| 6 | 580 | At the equator the sun's rays are most direct. |
| 6 | 581 | This creates greater surface heat than oblique rays would. |