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... plain , one - fourth of which lies below sea level ; the plain is flanked on the east and west by two parallel ridges of low hills . Colāba Point , the headland formed on the extreme south by the longer of these ridges , protects Bombay ...
... plain , one - fourth of which lies below sea level ; the plain is flanked on the east and west by two parallel ridges of low hills . Colāba Point , the headland formed on the extreme south by the longer of these ridges , protects Bombay ...
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... Plain ; Hungarian : Nagy Magyar Alföld ) . The wide Danube was always fordable at this point because of a few islands in the middle of the river . The city has marked topographical contrasts : Buda is built on the higher river terraces ...
... Plain ; Hungarian : Nagy Magyar Alföld ) . The wide Danube was always fordable at this point because of a few islands in the middle of the river . The city has marked topographical contrasts : Buda is built on the higher river terraces ...
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... plain ( from 1,500 to 2,100 feet above sea level ) and the Alberta plain ( more than 2,500 feet above sea level ) . These plains are rolling land- scapes of glacial deposits laid over an almost horizontal bedrock . In some areas the ...
... plain ( from 1,500 to 2,100 feet above sea level ) and the Alberta plain ( more than 2,500 feet above sea level ) . These plains are rolling land- scapes of glacial deposits laid over an almost horizontal bedrock . In some areas the ...
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