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... western edges , respectively , of the Deccan Plateau ( q.v. ) of peninsular India . In Hindi ghat means " river landing stairs " or " mountain pass " and has been extended in its Anglicized plural form ( formerly " ghauts " ) to include ...
... western edges , respectively , of the Deccan Plateau ( q.v. ) of peninsular India . In Hindi ghat means " river landing stairs " or " mountain pass " and has been extended in its Anglicized plural form ( formerly " ghauts " ) to include ...
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... western North America , equally divided into rugged , north - south - trending mountain blocks and broad intervening valleys . It covers an arid expanse of about 190,000 square miles ( 492,000 square km ) and is bordered by the Sierra ...
... western North America , equally divided into rugged , north - south - trending mountain blocks and broad intervening valleys . It covers an arid expanse of about 190,000 square miles ( 492,000 square km ) and is bordered by the Sierra ...
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... Western , engraving by R.G. and A.W. Reeve after a painting by Joseph Walter By courtesy of the Mariners Museum , Newport News , Va . troops to the Crimea . The ship was broken up at Vauxhall , London , in 1856 . Great Western Mountains ...
... Western , engraving by R.G. and A.W. Reeve after a painting by Joseph Walter By courtesy of the Mariners Museum , Newport News , Va . troops to the Crimea . The ship was broken up at Vauxhall , London , in 1856 . Great Western Mountains ...
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