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... kilometres ) , with a to- tal area estimated as 50,000 square miles ( 130,000 square kilometres ) . During inundation , silt drops from the re- treating floodwater and , trapped by vegeta- tion , tends to build up and level the ...
... kilometres ) , with a to- tal area estimated as 50,000 square miles ( 130,000 square kilometres ) . During inundation , silt drops from the re- treating floodwater and , trapped by vegeta- tion , tends to build up and level the ...
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... kilometres ( 0.9 miles ) . The largest fracture zones , in the eastern Pacific , are sev- eral thousand kilometres long , 100 to 200 ki- lometres ( 60 to 125 miles ) wide , and possess several kilometres of relief . Each Pacific frac ...
... kilometres ( 0.9 miles ) . The largest fracture zones , in the eastern Pacific , are sev- eral thousand kilometres long , 100 to 200 ki- lometres ( 60 to 125 miles ) wide , and possess several kilometres of relief . Each Pacific frac ...
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... kilometres ) east of Los Angeles . Palomar Mountain , about 50 miles northeast of San Diego , Calif . , is the site of the 200 - inch Hale reflecting telescope , the world's largest from its completion in 1948 until the 1970s , when a ...
... kilometres ) east of Los Angeles . Palomar Mountain , about 50 miles northeast of San Diego , Calif . , is the site of the 200 - inch Hale reflecting telescope , the world's largest from its completion in 1948 until the 1970s , when a ...
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