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... northern territories , although now out- dated , particularly so on the history of the Middle Ages . HENRI PIRENNE , Histoire de Belgique , 7 vol . ( 1900-32 ) , a brilliantly written history extending to 1914 by the famous Belgian ...
... northern territories , although now out- dated , particularly so on the history of the Middle Ages . HENRI PIRENNE , Histoire de Belgique , 7 vol . ( 1900-32 ) , a brilliantly written history extending to 1914 by the famous Belgian ...
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... northern Mexico . Animal life is primarily reptilian and tends to be nocturnal . Tundra . Across northern Canada and on the many is- lands in the Arctic Ocean lies a vast marshy plain called the tundra . There the growing season is only ...
... northern Mexico . Animal life is primarily reptilian and tends to be nocturnal . Tundra . Across northern Canada and on the many is- lands in the Arctic Ocean lies a vast marshy plain called the tundra . There the growing season is only ...
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... northern Rocky Mountains . The Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley , Calif . ,. of high elevations ( many peaks exceeding 13,000 feet [ 4,000 metres ] ) , great local relief ( typically 5,000 to 7,000 feet in vertical difference between the ...
... northern Rocky Mountains . The Sierra Nevada from Owens Valley , Calif . ,. of high elevations ( many peaks exceeding 13,000 feet [ 4,000 metres ] ) , great local relief ( typically 5,000 to 7,000 feet in vertical difference between the ...
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