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Page 285
... reefs of the Witwatersrand ( Rand ) were discovered . Until 1868 the South African economy had been poor , backward , and pastoral , with wool the most important export . There was little to attract the great stream of European ...
... reefs of the Witwatersrand ( Rand ) were discovered . Until 1868 the South African economy had been poor , backward , and pastoral , with wool the most important export . There was little to attract the great stream of European ...
Page 518
... reefs , moist forests , and intensive agriculture . It greatly exceeds the productivity of lakes , the oceans , coastal seas , and ordinary cultivated crops . The high productivity of autotrophic springs is based on a constant ...
... reefs , moist forests , and intensive agriculture . It greatly exceeds the productivity of lakes , the oceans , coastal seas , and ordinary cultivated crops . The high productivity of autotrophic springs is based on a constant ...
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... reefs . Further south the eastern uplands constitute the foothills of the Ethiopian highland massif . In the south there are two contrasting upland areas . The Ironstone Plateau lies between the Nile - Congo watershed and the southern ...
... reefs . Further south the eastern uplands constitute the foothills of the Ethiopian highland massif . In the south there are two contrasting upland areas . The Ironstone Plateau lies between the Nile - Congo watershed and the southern ...
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