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... square miles ( 1,477 square kilometres ) . By the 1980s the rapidly growing metropolitan area ex- tended over about 425 square miles , of which only some 212 square miles were within the Federal District . This article is divided into ...
... square miles ( 1,477 square kilometres ) . By the 1980s the rapidly growing metropolitan area ex- tended over about 425 square miles , of which only some 212 square miles were within the Federal District . This article is divided into ...
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... square miles ( 1,805,200 square kilometres ) , which is almost as large as Mexico . From the headwaters of the Finlay River , which flows into Williston Lake ( the impounded waters of the Peace River ) west of the Rocky Mountains , the ...
... square miles ( 1,805,200 square kilometres ) , which is almost as large as Mexico . From the headwaters of the Finlay River , which flows into Williston Lake ( the impounded waters of the Peace River ) west of the Rocky Mountains , the ...
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... square miles ( 870,000 square kilometres ) . Because a large pro- portion of the river's basin is arid or semiarid , however , only about half of the total area , or about 176,000 square miles , actually contributes to the river's flow ...
... square miles ( 870,000 square kilometres ) . Because a large pro- portion of the river's basin is arid or semiarid , however , only about half of the total area , or about 176,000 square miles , actually contributes to the river's flow ...
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