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... Pleistocene Epoch ( about 10,000 to 2,500,000 years old ) . Rainfall is low , amounting to about 15 or 20 inches ( 380 to 500 millimetres ) a year , and it occurs mainly in the form of heavy but infrequent show- ers in the summer ( June ...
... Pleistocene Epoch ( about 10,000 to 2,500,000 years old ) . Rainfall is low , amounting to about 15 or 20 inches ( 380 to 500 millimetres ) a year , and it occurs mainly in the form of heavy but infrequent show- ers in the summer ( June ...
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... Pleistocene epochs ( some 2,500,000 years ago ) . The lake that formed in the depression originally drained into the Ma - ch'u Ho , but the rise of the basin's mountainous frame made this impossible . Melting waters from ancient ...
... Pleistocene epochs ( some 2,500,000 years ago ) . The lake that formed in the depression originally drained into the Ma - ch'u Ho , but the rise of the basin's mountainous frame made this impossible . Melting waters from ancient ...
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... Pleistocene time . There are many landforms that reflect the historical im- print of time in some way . Most of these are Pleistocene relicts : large cirques and V - shaped valleys in formerly glaciated areas ; beach ridges around ...
... Pleistocene time . There are many landforms that reflect the historical im- print of time in some way . Most of these are Pleistocene relicts : large cirques and V - shaped valleys in formerly glaciated areas ; beach ridges around ...
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