The New Encyclopędia BritannicaEncyclopędia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 118
... Central Andean irrigation civilizations . First occupied by small groups of hunting and gathering peoples who filtered southward along the Pacific coast and through the highland basins thousands of years ago , the central Andes ...
... Central Andean irrigation civilizations . First occupied by small groups of hunting and gathering peoples who filtered southward along the Pacific coast and through the highland basins thousands of years ago , the central Andes ...
Page 326
... Central Asia . Its re- lief is varied ; troughs lying below sea level alternate with extensive low plateaus . Between the Yenisey and Lena rivers lies the Central Siberian Plateau , mainly at heights of 1,500-3,000 feet ( 450-900 metres ) ...
... Central Asia . Its re- lief is varied ; troughs lying below sea level alternate with extensive low plateaus . Between the Yenisey and Lena rivers lies the Central Siberian Plateau , mainly at heights of 1,500-3,000 feet ( 450-900 metres ) ...
Page 331
... Central Asian region Economic resources of Siberia. adjacent Rostov oblast of the R.S.F.S.R. ) , iron ore ( the Krivoy Rog and Kerch deposits ) , manganese ( the larg- est deposit in the world is at Nikopol ) , natural gas , and other ...
... Central Asian region Economic resources of Siberia. adjacent Rostov oblast of the R.S.F.S.R. ) , iron ore ( the Krivoy Rog and Kerch deposits ) , manganese ( the larg- est deposit in the world is at Nikopol ) , natural gas , and other ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
19th century acoustic African agricultural America Angola animals architecture Asian Bolivia Brazil British Buddha Buddhist Burma Burmese Cambodia Cape carved central centre Chinese classical coast Colombia colonial court culture dance drama early east eastern economic European example figures forest frequency groups hertz Hindu images important India Indonesia industrial influence instruments Javanese Khmer king kingdom labour land language literature major ment metres mountain movement Mughal Muslim nāga northern organization painting Pāli pattern percent performance period Peru plays poets political population Portuguese produced rāga Rāmāyaṇa range recording region religious republics river Sanskrit sculpture shrines social sonata sonata form sound waves South Africa South Indian Southeast Asia southern sovereignty Soviet śrutis structure stupa style Tamil temple territory Thailand theatre tion tones trade tradition tribes ture urban Urdu velocity vibrations Vietnam village wayang West Western yakṣa