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Page 651
... northern sec- tions , is subject to the full effect of the winter monsoon , when cold , northwesterly winds continue through De- cember . By March , when the Siberian high - pressure con- centration weakens , wind direction gradually ...
... northern sec- tions , is subject to the full effect of the winter monsoon , when cold , northwesterly winds continue through De- cember . By March , when the Siberian high - pressure con- centration weakens , wind direction gradually ...
Page 665
... northern parts of the province . Although the effects of the rebel- lion and its savage suppression were not as terrible as in Muslim Kansu , about 600,000 were killed in Shensi , and the resulting destruction left the province in a ...
... northern parts of the province . Although the effects of the rebel- lion and its savage suppression were not as terrible as in Muslim Kansu , about 600,000 were killed in Shensi , and the resulting destruction left the province in a ...
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... northern Appalachians from Newfoundland to Long Island Sound . These geosynclinal strata are bounded to the west by a linear island , Appala- chia , which extended from the northern Gaspé region southwest along the Sutton Mountain ...
... northern Appalachians from Newfoundland to Long Island Sound . These geosynclinal strata are bounded to the west by a linear island , Appala- chia , which extended from the northern Gaspé region southwest along the Sutton Mountain ...
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