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... coast is heavily indented . Agriculture is carried out in the south , but Fukuoka is mainly important for its coal mines and industry , which are concentrated in the north . In 1963 the five cities of Moji , Kokura , Tobata , Yahata ...
... coast is heavily indented . Agriculture is carried out in the south , but Fukuoka is mainly important for its coal mines and industry , which are concentrated in the north . In 1963 the five cities of Moji , Kokura , Tobata , Yahata ...
Page 701
... coast of Alaska ( 1741 ) . Captain A.I. Chirikov , commanding another ship in the ex- pedition , reached some islands off the Alas- kan coast , while Lieutenant S. Chelyuskin reached the cape named after him , the northernmost point of ...
... coast of Alaska ( 1741 ) . Captain A.I. Chirikov , commanding another ship in the ex- pedition , reached some islands off the Alas- kan coast , while Lieutenant S. Chelyuskin reached the cape named after him , the northernmost point of ...
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... coast of Greenland into the Davis Strait , where it joins the Labrador Current . In contrast to the east coast of Greenland , the west coast is kept free of ice by warm North Atlantic waters that contribute to the current beyond the ...
... coast of Greenland into the Davis Strait , where it joins the Labrador Current . In contrast to the east coast of Greenland , the west coast is kept free of ice by warm North Atlantic waters that contribute to the current beyond the ...
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