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... contains on the average about 3 percent salt , the actual concentration varying from about 1 per- cent ( in the polar seas ) to 5 percent . Enclosed seas such as the Mediterranean and Red seas contain a higher pro- portion of salt than ...
... contains on the average about 3 percent salt , the actual concentration varying from about 1 per- cent ( in the polar seas ) to 5 percent . Enclosed seas such as the Mediterranean and Red seas contain a higher pro- portion of salt than ...
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... contains 120 genera and about 800 species , which are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions , especially in South America ; only a few genera occur in temperate regions . Family Pedaliaceae ( sesamum family ) Herbs , or ...
... contains 120 genera and about 800 species , which are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions , especially in South America ; only a few genera occur in temperate regions . Family Pedaliaceae ( sesamum family ) Herbs , or ...
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... contains two sheets and has orthorhombic symmetry ( related to three mu- tually perpendicular crystallographic axes of unequal length ) , though it is dimensionally hexagonal . Tridymite retains an orthorhombic cell as a subcell at ...
... contains two sheets and has orthorhombic symmetry ( related to three mu- tually perpendicular crystallographic axes of unequal length ) , though it is dimensionally hexagonal . Tridymite retains an orthorhombic cell as a subcell at ...
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