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Page 133
... Port Laoise ( q.v. ) . Most of the county is lowland between the Slieve Bloom and the Castlecom- er Plateau , the latter with ridges more than 1,000 ft high on its edges but falling to a cen- tral basin around Castlecomer in Kilkenny ...
... Port Laoise ( q.v. ) . Most of the county is lowland between the Slieve Bloom and the Castlecom- er Plateau , the latter with ridges more than 1,000 ft high on its edges but falling to a cen- tral basin around Castlecomer in Kilkenny ...
Page 211
... port called Lien - yün - chiang was con- structed in a location protected by Tung - hsi- lien Tao ( island ) . The port , however , which was built in 1933-36 by a Dutch company , en- countered unexpected difficulties and rapidly silted ...
... port called Lien - yün - chiang was con- structed in a location protected by Tung - hsi- lien Tao ( island ) . The port , however , which was built in 1933-36 by a Dutch company , en- countered unexpected difficulties and rapidly silted ...
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... port 1 mi from the sea . Mokau is a Maori word meaning " wind- ing stream . " 38 ° 42 ' S , 174 ° 37 ' E mokgacha , local term in Botswana for the fossil river valleys that dissect the Kalahari south of the Boteti River . Mokha ( Yemen ...
... port 1 mi from the sea . Mokau is a Maori word meaning " wind- ing stream . " 38 ° 42 ' S , 174 ° 37 ' E mokgacha , local term in Botswana for the fossil river valleys that dissect the Kalahari south of the Boteti River . Mokha ( Yemen ...
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