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... river , in two distinct ways : ( 1 ) " The Colorado is a beautiful river , " and ( 2 ) “ The river that flows through Austin is beautiful . " Because there is only one river that flows through Austin , Texas , the subject of sentence 2 ...
... river , in two distinct ways : ( 1 ) " The Colorado is a beautiful river , " and ( 2 ) “ The river that flows through Austin is beautiful . " Because there is only one river that flows through Austin , Texas , the subject of sentence 2 ...
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... river basins . A north - south band of subhumid climates , neither fully humid nor semiarid , extends from central Texas northward to eastern North Dakota . To the west are the semiarid climates of the Great Plains , and along the Rocky ...
... river basins . A north - south band of subhumid climates , neither fully humid nor semiarid , extends from central Texas northward to eastern North Dakota . To the west are the semiarid climates of the Great Plains , and along the Rocky ...
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... river meanders lazily across the valley floor , with numerous sandbars and small islands dotting the channel . About 25 miles north of the village of Carmacks , four small , rocky islands split the river into the Five Fin- ger Rapids ...
... river meanders lazily across the valley floor , with numerous sandbars and small islands dotting the channel . About 25 miles north of the village of Carmacks , four small , rocky islands split the river into the Five Fin- ger Rapids ...
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