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Page 167
... feet ) and extending down to ten or 20 fathoms ( 60 to 120 feet ) . From about ten to 50 fath- oms ( 60 to 300 feet ) , around the atolls of the Marshall Is- lands is a zone of such platelike corals as Echinophyllia and Oxypora . From ...
... feet ) and extending down to ten or 20 fathoms ( 60 to 120 feet ) . From about ten to 50 fath- oms ( 60 to 300 feet ) , around the atolls of the Marshall Is- lands is a zone of such platelike corals as Echinophyllia and Oxypora . From ...
Page 192
... feet . Mont Cinto attains a height of 8,890 feet ( 2,710 me- tres ) . Lakes , scooped out by Ice Age glaciers , lie at the higher altitudes . The spiked and turreted mountain silhouettes are everywhere dramatic , with the rocks — es ...
... feet . Mont Cinto attains a height of 8,890 feet ( 2,710 me- tres ) . Lakes , scooped out by Ice Age glaciers , lie at the higher altitudes . The spiked and turreted mountain silhouettes are everywhere dramatic , with the rocks — es ...
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... feet ) high on the Orontes ( Nahr al - ' Äşi ) in Syria , built about 1300 BC . The Assyrians , Babylonians , and Persians built dams between 700 and 250 BC for water supply and irrigation . Contemporary with these was the earthen Sudd ...
... feet ) high on the Orontes ( Nahr al - ' Äşi ) in Syria , built about 1300 BC . The Assyrians , Babylonians , and Persians built dams between 700 and 250 BC for water supply and irrigation . Contemporary with these was the earthen Sudd ...
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