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Page 504
... valley dwellers . Valleys have assumed enor- mous importance for transportation , communications , and settlement , especially in the southern part of the province , where four - fifths of the population lives . The mountains of ...
... valley dwellers . Valleys have assumed enor- mous importance for transportation , communications , and settlement , especially in the southern part of the province , where four - fifths of the population lives . The mountains of ...
Page 535
... valley . Its elevation at the centre of Caracas is 3,025 feet ( 922 metres ) , and the valley extends about 15 miles in an east - west direction . Almost all of its inhabitable area is occupied by the city , and this once green and ...
... valley . Its elevation at the centre of Caracas is 3,025 feet ( 922 metres ) , and the valley extends about 15 miles in an east - west direction . Almost all of its inhabitable area is occupied by the city , and this once green and ...
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... Valley , the eastern edge of the valley mirrors that of the west : a vigorous slope on the fault side and an etched surface with a gentler slope dipping toward the east . North of Lake Kivu and of Rwanda , the Virunga volcanoes form an ...
... Valley , the eastern edge of the valley mirrors that of the west : a vigorous slope on the fault side and an etched surface with a gentler slope dipping toward the east . North of Lake Kivu and of Rwanda , the Virunga volcanoes form an ...
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