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... Climate . The typical desert climate contrasts daytime dry heat with cool nights freshened by Nile breezes . Cairo has only two seasons : approximately eight months of summer and four months of winter . In the hottest of the summer ...
... Climate . The typical desert climate contrasts daytime dry heat with cool nights freshened by Nile breezes . Cairo has only two seasons : approximately eight months of summer and four months of winter . In the hottest of the summer ...
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... CLIMATE Because of its great latitudinal extent , Canada has a wide variety of climates . The Pacific coast , like that of the U.S. Northwest coast , has a climate similar to that of England , with heavy precipitation and moderate ...
... CLIMATE Because of its great latitudinal extent , Canada has a wide variety of climates . The Pacific coast , like that of the U.S. Northwest coast , has a climate similar to that of England , with heavy precipitation and moderate ...
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... climate of the region may be found in B.W. THOMPSON , The Climate of Africa ( 1965 ) , and Africa : The Climatic Background ( 1975 ) ; and in MARCEL LEROUX , The Climate of Tropical Africa , 2 vol . ( 1983 ) . Plant and animal life is ...
... climate of the region may be found in B.W. THOMPSON , The Climate of Africa ( 1965 ) , and Africa : The Climatic Background ( 1975 ) ; and in MARCEL LEROUX , The Climate of Tropical Africa , 2 vol . ( 1983 ) . Plant and animal life is ...
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