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... MOUNTAINS , central tab- ular upland of the Guiana Highlands in Brazil , Venezuela , and Guyana . The Pacaraima Mountains form the drainage divide between the Orinoco Valley to the north and the Ama- zon Basin to the south . Extending ...
... MOUNTAINS , central tab- ular upland of the Guiana Highlands in Brazil , Venezuela , and Guyana . The Pacaraima Mountains form the drainage divide between the Orinoco Valley to the north and the Ama- zon Basin to the south . Extending ...
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... ( mountains ) Lákmos of the Pindus Mountains just east of Métsovon in the nomós ( depart- ment ) of Trikala ; it is navigable in its lower course . In prehistoric times the Piniós formed a great lake before it broke through the Vale of ...
... ( mountains ) Lákmos of the Pindus Mountains just east of Métsovon in the nomós ( depart- ment ) of Trikala ; it is navigable in its lower course . In prehistoric times the Piniós formed a great lake before it broke through the Vale of ...
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... mountain chains , such as the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America and the Caledo- nian - Hercynian Mountains of Europe and Africa , which were formed when these con- tinents collided on successive occasions . The rate of ...
... mountain chains , such as the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America and the Caledo- nian - Hercynian Mountains of Europe and Africa , which were formed when these con- tinents collided on successive occasions . The rate of ...
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