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... basin and the intervening spaces that lie between it and the Atlantic Ocean . Stretching across the African ... basin formed during the Cretaceous Period - i.e . , after Africa and South America were separated . Narrow in Zaire , the ...
... basin and the intervening spaces that lie between it and the Atlantic Ocean . Stretching across the African ... basin formed during the Cretaceous Period - i.e . , after Africa and South America were separated . Narrow in Zaire , the ...
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... basin . The landscape beyond the divide descends by steps toward Lake Chad . In the west the rim of the Congo basin is well demar- cated . The Chaillu Massif ( 3,000-3,300 feet ) , in Gabon and Congo , is a granitic elliptical buttress ...
... basin . The landscape beyond the divide descends by steps toward Lake Chad . In the west the rim of the Congo basin is well demar- cated . The Chaillu Massif ( 3,000-3,300 feet ) , in Gabon and Congo , is a granitic elliptical buttress ...
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... basin lies almost entirely within the republic . The river was named during the colonial period for the kingdom of the Kongo people , who inhabit the area along the river's mouth on the Atlantic Ocean . Zaire is a country rich in ...
... basin lies almost entirely within the republic . The river was named during the colonial period for the kingdom of the Kongo people , who inhabit the area along the river's mouth on the Atlantic Ocean . Zaire is a country rich in ...
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