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Page 45
... feet [ 5,895 metres ] ) is the highest point on the continent ; the lowest is Lake Assal ( 502 feet [ 153 metres ] below sea level ) in Djibouti . In proportion to its size , Africa has fewer high mountains and fewer lowland plains than ...
... feet [ 5,895 metres ] ) is the highest point on the continent ; the lowest is Lake Assal ( 502 feet [ 153 metres ] below sea level ) in Djibouti . In proportion to its size , Africa has fewer high mountains and fewer lowland plains than ...
Page 78
... feet . Of the glaciers remaining on Mount Kenya and covering less than 0.3 square mile , the largest are Lewis and Tyndall ; the lowest tongue of ice reaches down to about 15,000 feet . On Kilimanjaro , Kibo crater is strewn with giant ...
... feet . Of the glaciers remaining on Mount Kenya and covering less than 0.3 square mile , the largest are Lewis and Tyndall ; the lowest tongue of ice reaches down to about 15,000 feet . On Kilimanjaro , Kibo crater is strewn with giant ...
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... feet above sea level , is the world's highest continent . ( Asia , the next , averages about 3,000 feet . ) The vast ice sheets of East Antarctica reach heights of 11,500 feet or more in two main centres : one at about 80 ° S in western ...
... feet above sea level , is the world's highest continent . ( Asia , the next , averages about 3,000 feet . ) The vast ice sheets of East Antarctica reach heights of 11,500 feet or more in two main centres : one at about 80 ° S in western ...
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