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minor.streams, the Molochnaya and Berda. Many small lakes and ponds occur in the north, as well as on the Kinburn peninsula, at the mouth of the Dnieper, where See also:

salt is made. There are no forests. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is continental, and resembles that of central Crimea and Kherson. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1906 was estimated at 1,634,700. The continental portion, although less mixed than that of the peninsula, consists of See also:

GREAT

Great and Little Russians, who constitute 83 per cent. of the whole, Germans (5.4 per cent.), Bulgarians (2.8 per cent.), See also:

Jews (3.8 per cent.), and Armenians. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief occupation of the See also:

PEOPLE

people is See also:

agriculture, and every available patch of See also:

LAND

land has been brought under the plough. In 190o no less than 43 per cent. of its area was under cereal crops alone.

The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

rye, See also:

wheat, oats, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and potatoes: See also:

TOBACCO

Tobacco is also grown, and over 32,000 acres are under vineyards, while gardens extend to some 15,500 acres in Crimea. Live-stock breeding is extensively engaged in. Salt is the only See also:

MINERAL

mineral raised, but the See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and especially the manufacture of agricultural machinery (e.g. at See also:

BERDYANSK

Berdyansk), has greatly See also:

DEVELOPED

developed. The export See also:

trade is considerable, the chief ports being See also:

SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, See also:

EUPATORIA (Russ. Evpatoria; also known as Kozlov and to the Turks as Gezlev)

Eupatoria, See also:

THEODOSIA

Theodosia, and See also:

YALTA

Yalta on the Black Sea, and Azov and Berdyanskon the Sea of Azov. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries along the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast are active. Manufactures are insignificant, but there is a brisk export trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, salt, See also:

fish, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow. The government is divided into eight districts, the chief towns of which are See also:

SIMFEROPOL

Simferopol, See also:

capital of the government, Eupatoria and Theodosia, in Crimea, and Aleshki, Berdyansk, Melitopol, See also:

PEREKOP

Perekop and Yalta on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent.

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