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With an area of 250 square miles (647 square km), the borough centres on the
port of Goole. The name recalls the old Booth ferry, replaced by a road bridge in
1928, across the River Ouse near the medieval market town of Howden.
With an area of 250 square miles (647 square km), the borough centres on the
port of Goole. The name recalls the old Booth ferry, replaced by a road bridge in
1928, across the River Ouse near the medieval market town of Howden.
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Botswana, officially republic of Botswana, formerly bechuanaland, landlocked
country in southern Africa, covering an area of 224,607 square miles (581,730
square km). The capital is Gaborone. Consisting mostly of the Kalahari (desert),
the ...
Botswana, officially republic of Botswana, formerly bechuanaland, landlocked
country in southern Africa, covering an area of 224,607 square miles (581,730
square km). The capital is Gaborone. Consisting mostly of the Kalahari (desert),
the ...
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It is 110 miles long, up The causeway linking Cape Breton Island with the
mainland across the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia Malak— Shostal/EB Inc to 75 ...
The island's centre comprises the 360-square-mile tidal saltwater Bras d'Or Lake
(tf.v.) ...
It is 110 miles long, up The causeway linking Cape Breton Island with the
mainland across the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia Malak— Shostal/EB Inc to 75 ...
The island's centre comprises the 360-square-mile tidal saltwater Bras d'Or Lake
(tf.v.) ...
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