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Geneva's international airport is 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the city. Area city, 7
square miles (18 square km); metropolitan area, 80 square miles (208 square km
). Pop. (1988 est.) city, 161,473; (1986 est.) metropolitan area, 382,000. Geneva ...
Geneva's international airport is 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the city. Area city, 7
square miles (18 square km); metropolitan area, 80 square miles (208 square km
). Pop. (1988 est.) city, 161,473; (1986 est.) metropolitan area, 382,000. Geneva ...
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Practically all of Antarctica, an area of more than 14,000,- 000 square km (
5,400,000 square miles), is covered by an ice sheet that averages nearly 1,980 m
(6,500 feet) thick. The Greenland ice sheet covers more than 1,800,000 square
km ...
Practically all of Antarctica, an area of more than 14,000,- 000 square km (
5,400,000 square miles), is covered by an ice sheet that averages nearly 1,980 m
(6,500 feet) thick. The Greenland ice sheet covers more than 1,800,000 square
km ...
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basin was partially implemented in 1980 with the construction of a 51 -mile- (82-
kilometre-) long (the world's longest) water ... Great Grimsby, formerly grimsby,
district, county of Humberside, England, covering an area of 1 1 square miles (28
...
basin was partially implemented in 1980 with the construction of a 51 -mile- (82-
kilometre-) long (the world's longest) water ... Great Grimsby, formerly grimsby,
district, county of Humberside, England, covering an area of 1 1 square miles (28
...
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