Download or read book The Fossil Stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America written by Mary Jane Rathbun and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Slope describes geographic regions in North American, Central American, and South American countries that are west of the continental divide and slope down to the Pacific Ocean. In North America, the Rocky Mountains mark the eastern border of the Pacific Slope. In Central and South America, the region is much narrower, confined by the Sierra Madre Occidental in Central America, and by the Andes in South America.The phrase is still used today mostly for scientific purposes to refer to regions inhabited by specific species.