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See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
WHITE MOUNTAINS , the portion of the Appalachian See also:Mountain See also:system which traverses New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., between the Androscoggin and Upper Ammonoosuc See also:rivers on the See also:north and the See also:lake See also:country on the See also:south. They See also:cover an See also:area of about 1300 sq. m., are composed of somewhat homogeneous See also:granite rocks, and represent the remnants of See also:long-continued erosion of a region formerly greatly elevated. From a See also:plateau which has been cut deep by rivers and streams they rise to rounded summits often See also:noble in outline and of greater See also:elevation than elsewhere in the Appalachian system, except in North Carolina, and culminate in See also:Mount See also:Washington, 6293 ft. above the See also:sea. Thirteen other summits have an elevation exceeding 5000 ft. The scenery is so beautiful and varied that the region has long been popular as a summer resort. It is traversed by See also:railways, one of which ascends Mount Washington, and contains numerous villages and See also:fine hotels.
See the See also:article NEw HAMPSHIRE; the Guidebook (See also:Part i., See also:Boston, 1907) published by the Appalachian Mountain See also:Club; and Appalachia (ibid., 1876 seq.), a periodical published by the same club.
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