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... Basin with its equatorial cli- mate and dense tropical rain forest , mostly in Zaire ; the wooded savanna region ( bordering the Congo Basin to the north ) of the vast rolling Ubangi Plateau in the Central African Republic ; the Mitumba ...
... Basin with its equatorial cli- mate and dense tropical rain forest , mostly in Zaire ; the wooded savanna region ( bordering the Congo Basin to the north ) of the vast rolling Ubangi Plateau in the Central African Republic ; the Mitumba ...
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... basin in the eastern portion , with reef - studded shoal areas rising up steeply within the basin to the south and northwest . The deepest section , called the China Sea Basin , has a maximum depth of 16,452 feet ( 5,015 m ) . A broad ...
... basin in the eastern portion , with reef - studded shoal areas rising up steeply within the basin to the south and northwest . The deepest section , called the China Sea Basin , has a maximum depth of 16,452 feet ( 5,015 m ) . A broad ...
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... basin . The Congo basin displays only moderate re- lief , generally between 1,000 feet ( 305 m ) at the Ubangi ( Oubangui ) and Congo rivers and 1,500 feet ( 460 m ) northwestward toward Gabon , Cameroon , and the Central African ...
... basin . The Congo basin displays only moderate re- lief , generally between 1,000 feet ( 305 m ) at the Ubangi ( Oubangui ) and Congo rivers and 1,500 feet ( 460 m ) northwestward toward Gabon , Cameroon , and the Central African ...
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