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... feet south of Mexico City . Throughout the plateau , flat- tish intermontane basins and bolsones ( ephemeral interior drainage basins ) are interrupted by mountainous outcrops . The central plateau is divided into two major parts . The ...
... feet south of Mexico City . Throughout the plateau , flat- tish intermontane basins and bolsones ( ephemeral interior drainage basins ) are interrupted by mountainous outcrops . The central plateau is divided into two major parts . The ...
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... feet ) and rises to above 5,000 feet in the great dome of the Adirondacks . The eastern edge is some- what higher , rising to nearly 6,000 feet in the Torngats and more than 7,000 feet in Baffin Island ; in Greenland , too , it tilts up ...
... feet ) and rises to above 5,000 feet in the great dome of the Adirondacks . The eastern edge is some- what higher , rising to nearly 6,000 feet in the Torngats and more than 7,000 feet in Baffin Island ; in Greenland , too , it tilts up ...
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... feet ; the highest , at 4,714 feet , is Mount Osborn in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is characterized by permafrost . Physiography of the southern ranges . The Alaska and Aleutian ...
... feet ; the highest , at 4,714 feet , is Mount Osborn in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is characterized by permafrost . Physiography of the southern ranges . The Alaska and Aleutian ...
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