The New Encyclopędia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopędia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 48
... climate , parent material , relief , drainage , vegetation cover , and the passage of time . Where the land has been generally stable and fairly flat for prolonged periods , as in Africa , the climate becomes the major determinant of ...
... climate , parent material , relief , drainage , vegetation cover , and the passage of time . Where the land has been generally stable and fairly flat for prolonged periods , as in Africa , the climate becomes the major determinant of ...
Page 51
... climate sometimes occur ; for example , the rainfall may be mon- soonal and the second rainy season may be all but nonex- istent . But the most notable anomaly can be observed on the West African coast from around Cape Three Points ...
... climate sometimes occur ; for example , the rainfall may be mon- soonal and the second rainy season may be all but nonex- istent . But the most notable anomaly can be observed on the West African coast from around Cape Three Points ...
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... Climate . The Sahara was established as a climatic desert approximately five million years ago , during the Early Pliocene Epoch . Since the Pliocene , the Sahara has been subject to short- to medium - term oscillations of drier and ...
... Climate . The Sahara was established as a climatic desert approximately five million years ago , during the Early Pliocene Epoch . Since the Pliocene , the Sahara has been subject to short- to medium - term oscillations of drier and ...
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