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Page 719
... coast of South America in Venezuela . The Caribbean chains . The mountain range along the coast of Venezuela is a remnant of a phase when the Caribbean Sea was subducted southward beneath Venezuela and where rocks were folded along east ...
... coast of South America in Venezuela . The Caribbean chains . The mountain range along the coast of Venezuela is a remnant of a phase when the Caribbean Sea was subducted southward beneath Venezuela and where rocks were folded along east ...
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... coast is the result of a combination of processes , sediments , and the geology of the coast itself . Coastal landforms are best considered in two broad cat- egories : erosional and depositional . In fact , the overall nature of any ...
... coast is the result of a combination of processes , sediments , and the geology of the coast itself . Coastal landforms are best considered in two broad cat- egories : erosional and depositional . In fact , the overall nature of any ...
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... Coast of North America , roughly from Oregon to southern Alaska . The resources of the sea and inlets and rivers were of astonish- ing variety , and some , like the salmon during their runs , were so easy to catch that the word ...
... Coast of North America , roughly from Oregon to southern Alaska . The resources of the sea and inlets and rivers were of astonish- ing variety , and some , like the salmon during their runs , were so easy to catch that the word ...
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