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... miles offshore . There are more than 1,000 known tribu- taries of the Amazon , rising in the Guiana Highlands , the ... square miles ( 65,000 square km ) , or nearly double that of The Netherlands , and the river's total drainage basin ...
... miles offshore . There are more than 1,000 known tribu- taries of the Amazon , rising in the Guiana Highlands , the ... square miles ( 65,000 square km ) , or nearly double that of The Netherlands , and the river's total drainage basin ...
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... square miles ) of eastern Canada is underlain by anorthosite , the Saguenay Mass alone accounting for a tenth of this . The Morin Anorthosite in the same area occupies 2,600 square km ( 1,040 square miles ) , and the Adirondack ...
... square miles ) of eastern Canada is underlain by anorthosite , the Saguenay Mass alone accounting for a tenth of this . The Morin Anorthosite in the same area occupies 2,600 square km ( 1,040 square miles ) , and the Adirondack ...
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... square miles ( 31,500 square km ) , with a length of 395 miles ( 636 km ) and an average width of 30 miles ( 48 km ) . It contains about one- fifth of the fresh water on the Earth's surface , some 5,500 cubic miles ( 23,000 cubic km ) ...
... square miles ( 31,500 square km ) , with a length of 395 miles ( 636 km ) and an average width of 30 miles ( 48 km ) . It contains about one- fifth of the fresh water on the Earth's surface , some 5,500 cubic miles ( 23,000 cubic km ) ...
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