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... metres and its width 256 metres at the crest , 43 metres at centre , and 73 metres at the base . The spray surrounding the vortex tube near the water surface was about 200 metres wide and 120 metres high . The spout lasted 35 minutes ...
... metres and its width 256 metres at the crest , 43 metres at centre , and 73 metres at the base . The spray surrounding the vortex tube near the water surface was about 200 metres wide and 120 metres high . The spout lasted 35 minutes ...
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... metre level is shown in Figure 43 , in which the tangential velocity is seen to rise steeply from zero at the centre of the vortex to 240 kilometres per hour at about 60 metres from the centre and then fall off more gradually . This ...
... metre level is shown in Figure 43 , in which the tangential velocity is seen to rise steeply from zero at the centre of the vortex to 240 kilometres per hour at about 60 metres from the centre and then fall off more gradually . This ...
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... metres to more than 2,000 metres in major rift valleys . The widths of tectonic valleys and basins vary from as little as 10 kilometres to more than 100 kilometres . Their lengths typically are hundreds of kilometres , but range from a ...
... metres to more than 2,000 metres in major rift valleys . The widths of tectonic valleys and basins vary from as little as 10 kilometres to more than 100 kilometres . Their lengths typically are hundreds of kilometres , but range from a ...
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