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... River lies west of the Coromandel Peninsula . The valley was densely populated by Maori originally and was swampy until drained by Europeans in the 19th century . The Waikato River valley now consists mostly of lush pasturelands that ...
... River lies west of the Coromandel Peninsula . The valley was densely populated by Maori originally and was swampy until drained by Europeans in the 19th century . The Waikato River valley now consists mostly of lush pasturelands that ...
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... river water drops abruptly and nearly vertically . Water- falls represent major interruptions in river flow . Under most circumstances rivers tend to smooth out irregularities in their flow by processes of erosion and deposition . In ...
... river water drops abruptly and nearly vertically . Water- falls represent major interruptions in river flow . Under most circumstances rivers tend to smooth out irregularities in their flow by processes of erosion and deposition . In ...
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... River , Chinese ( Wade - Giles ) CH'ANG CHIANG , or ( Pinyin ) CHANG JIANG , longest river of Asia and the third longest river in the world , having a length of 3,915 miles ( 6,300 km ) . A brief treatment of the Yangtze River fol- lows ...
... River , Chinese ( Wade - Giles ) CH'ANG CHIANG , or ( Pinyin ) CHANG JIANG , longest river of Asia and the third longest river in the world , having a length of 3,915 miles ( 6,300 km ) . A brief treatment of the Yangtze River fol- lows ...
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