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Page 121
... land paral- leled the increasing commercialization of the economy . A healthy tax base required that land be brought under cultivation . Because more than one - quarter of the total cultivated land had slipped off the tax rolls in the ...
... land paral- leled the increasing commercialization of the economy . A healthy tax base required that land be brought under cultivation . Because more than one - quarter of the total cultivated land had slipped off the tax rolls in the ...
Page 458
... land surface , daytime solar radiation heats the land surface more than the water surface . The higher - temperature land surface in turn transfers more heat to its overlying air mass and in so doing induces a circulation cell much like ...
... land surface , daytime solar radiation heats the land surface more than the water surface . The higher - temperature land surface in turn transfers more heat to its overlying air mass and in so doing induces a circulation cell much like ...
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... land for more productive purposes . This has led to extensive clearing of forests and woodlands , burning of vegetation , and the cultivation of previously undisturbed land for crop production . Many of the lands that are cleared ...
... land for more productive purposes . This has led to extensive clearing of forests and woodlands , burning of vegetation , and the cultivation of previously undisturbed land for crop production . Many of the lands that are cleared ...
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