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Page 208
... Basin . Their av- erage height is 8,000 to 13,000 ft , with the highest point being Cloud Peak ( 13,165 ft ) in Wyoming ... basins , known in downstream order as the Wind River in Wyoming , the Big Horn in Wyoming and Montana , and the ...
... Basin . Their av- erage height is 8,000 to 13,000 ft , with the highest point being Cloud Peak ( 13,165 ft ) in Wyoming ... basins , known in downstream order as the Wind River in Wyoming , the Big Horn in Wyoming and Montana , and the ...
Page 487
... basins : those of the São Francisco and the Plata . Most of Brazil's hydroelectric capacity is provided by dams along the Paraná River in the Plata Basin ( including Itaipu dam , with the world's largest hydroelectric power station ...
... basins : those of the São Francisco and the Plata . Most of Brazil's hydroelectric capacity is provided by dams along the Paraná River in the Plata Basin ( including Itaipu dam , with the world's largest hydroelectric power station ...
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... Basin , also called DESERT ARTESIAN BASIN , arid sedimentary basin in northwestern Western Australia . Occupying a largely unex- plored area of about 150,000 sq mi ( 400,000 sq km ) , it extends south from the Fitzroy River to the De ...
... Basin , also called DESERT ARTESIAN BASIN , arid sedimentary basin in northwestern Western Australia . Occupying a largely unex- plored area of about 150,000 sq mi ( 400,000 sq km ) , it extends south from the Fitzroy River to the De ...
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Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
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