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... Basin ( Australia ) : see Can- ning Basin . Desert cultures , in North America , ancient cultures centred on the Great Basin in the area of Nevada , Utah , and Arizona ; they lasted from about 7000 or 8000 BC to about 2000 BC ...
... Basin ( Australia ) : see Can- ning Basin . Desert cultures , in North America , ancient cultures centred on the Great Basin in the area of Nevada , Utah , and Arizona ; they lasted from about 7000 or 8000 BC to about 2000 BC ...
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... basin of 195 , - 000 square miles ( 505,000 square km ) are the Desna , Sozh , Berezina , Vorskla , Teterev , and Pripyat rivers . The climate of the Dnepr basin is continental , and annual precipitation de- creases from 30 to 32 inches ...
... basin of 195 , - 000 square miles ( 505,000 square km ) are the Desna , Sozh , Berezina , Vorskla , Teterev , and Pripyat rivers . The climate of the Dnepr basin is continental , and annual precipitation de- creases from 30 to 32 inches ...
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... basin , together with Voroshilovgrad , Krama- torsk , and other centres , have a range of large heavy - engineering industries . The chemical in- dustry is well developed , based on coking by- products and rock salt mined in the Donets ...
... basin , together with Voroshilovgrad , Krama- torsk , and other centres , have a range of large heavy - engineering industries . The chemical in- dustry is well developed , based on coking by- products and rock salt mined in the Donets ...
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