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INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN C
).t:
FERENCE.
HEIGHT' IN SOUTil AM.ERCCA.
Medellin......................... ...... .
.A.ntioq
ui:~
........... . ....... _... ______ _
Cartago . ... ... ........ __ .. __ .. ____ . ___ .
~~~~a·~~ -Ji~1ga-:
:::: :::::: :::: ::::::::::
Popayao ........ . ........... _... _...... .
Purao.;e .. ...... .. ....... ... ............ .
Tuquorros ..................• .. .........
Bo~ota..
.......... __. _. _. _. _. _. ___ ..... _. __ .
Piedras .......................... ..... .
Tocaima ..... . .. __ .. . _..... ___ . _. _. .. _.
Ibaguó . . . . ............. _....... __ .. _•.
l'almilla .............. . ............... .
Gallegos ........ . ..... .... ......... _. __ .
Balsa ... ... --·--- ............. . . ....... .
Hontla ---· ........ ---· ............... _..
Paramo of QuiDilio .. ........ -- ......... .
Neyva ............ _.......... __ .. _... __ .
La
Plata ...• .... . ....................•.
Cali .... ..... .. . --------··· .... ___ __ __ _
Cauca
at Cali ........ ........... ... . .. _.
Lasl'apas ------·- ------ ---- ---· . ...... .
Point
near
PaRto._._. _....... ___ _. ... _..
lb
arra ...... ... . . .... . . . ... ... ........ .
Quito ...... ............. .. . ...•. ..... . .
Cuenca .. ........ ........... . . .• . ...... .
-Jaeo .•......... ----- --·---·· ........... .
Loja ........•. . .... . ................... .
Cerro
u
o
Paseo ... .. .. ................. .
Tarrna.. ..... _......... _____ .......... _..
Cuzco .. ......... . .. ....... --.- . .. ---- ..
5, 085 San
Rafael. ...... .. .............. ..... .
1,888 Huanuco ........ .. ....... .. .. . ...... .
3, 1!l7
J
uliaca .. .... ...... .. _... . .... .. ... ___ .
3,
281
Puno ........... .. _... _.. _....... ___ ..
2, 957 La Paz ... _.................... . .. . __ . _.
5, lllO
Potosi .. _ ................. . __ .. . .. __ ..
8, 732
(~uaraoda
............ _...... . ..... .. __ .
9, 968 Arenal ............................... _
8,
7~5
.A.
m
bato ..... . .............. .. ..... ... .
775 Tacunga ..... . .... .. .. __ .......... . ... .
1, 806 Tinpullo ····----···--·-----······ · ---·
4,475 Panecilla ··-···········--······· -- ·-- -·
6,861
Riobaruba ··· · ···-···--··------·-···---
8, 775 ' Tabloo ...........•.......... . . .. • .....
4,
~i~
!
~~~~1~~~~::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
11,
496
Archldona. ......... ..• ... .. .. .•••.•..••
2, 511
Napo ..... . .... . _.. ___ . _.....••......• •
4,2~7
MouthofNapo ... .... .. .... .....•.....
3, 537 · Coca ............................•..•...
3,278 Mouth.A.gnarico .....•..•.........••.•.
H, 272 Moyobam
h<~>
.......................... .
6, 4o8
Chachapoyas ··· ·· ·········-·-----··--·
~; ;~~ ~~o~~ ~~-¡Ca~~¡q;;¡~ri:::::::::::::::::
8,640
1
Montb Marnore.. ..... .......... ...... .
1,491
Tabatinga . ........... .. . ... .. ....•....
6,768
Nauta ........... . ... ... ... ... ..... .. .
t~:
Hi
~~!~~!:~~~~~~-\ ~ :_:_:_~:_~~
:_:_:_:::::::::::::
¡1
191
8.164
6, 300
li3,
025
1''
!lf'J
1;
1
;)•~6
1~:
33o
~.840
14,250
8, 4t!O
9, l 1
11, 66<!
10,101
9, 200
lO, 516
10,
51L
6,
625
!!,115
1450
'385
850
586
1,
043
7, 682
2 200
1
400
800
255
4aG
37()
3:i0
9,438
GREATEST HEIGHTS FOUND ON CANAL SURVEYS.
Tehauntepec,
780
feet, by Barnard's map.
Nicaragua Canal,
1ri6;
sumruit is
46
feet above Lake Nicaragua.
From Baily's map of Nicaragua, on which thero are laid down severa! lines for
canals, the following heights are obtained: Sapoa trialline, 2.58 feot; Brito line, 202
feet, Managua Realejo lino,
212
feet; Lake Managua to Gulf of Fonseca probauly
55
feet above the lake.
Panama: Garelln.'s line,
459.2
feet, vía Rio Gigante, Río Grande, Rio Chagres.
Pana
m
a Railroad: Colonel Hughes,
in
Admiral Davis's report,
239
feet.
Da.rien: Savari and Morti Rivers, by Gisborne,
1854, 1,020
feet.
Darieu, via Atrato, Turando, Michler,
900
feet.
Honduras Interoceauic Railroad, in Squier's book of same name, via Rancho, Chi–
quita Pass,
2,408
feet; Guajoca,
2,308
feet; Tambla,
1,944
feet; Laruani,
2,016
feet;
Nicaragua, Pim, and Leeman: vía
ri~r
Tnle and
Rama,
highest,
700
fcet. This is
east
of Nicaragua.