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... miles north of Antarctica . This unusually shaped country has an average mainland width of slightly more than 100 miles , with a maximum of 217 miles at the latitude of Antofagasta and a minimum of 9.6 miles near Puerto Natales . It is ...
... miles north of Antarctica . This unusually shaped country has an average mainland width of slightly more than 100 miles , with a maximum of 217 miles at the latitude of Antofagasta and a minimum of 9.6 miles near Puerto Natales . It is ...
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... miles ( 167,700 square kilometres ) . The province stretches some 300 miles ( 500 kilometres ) from north to south and 350 miles east to west at its widest point . It is bounded on the north by Shansi and Hopeh ; on the east by Shantung ...
... miles ( 167,700 square kilometres ) . The province stretches some 300 miles ( 500 kilometres ) from north to south and 350 miles east to west at its widest point . It is bounded on the north by Shansi and Hopeh ; on the east by Shantung ...
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... miles . On entering Hupeh , it turns south in a much broader valley , or floodplain , and widens its bed , which varies from half a mile to a mile in width over much of this stretch . About 100 miles from its confluence with the Yangtze ...
... miles . On entering Hupeh , it turns south in a much broader valley , or floodplain , and widens its bed , which varies from half a mile to a mile in width over much of this stretch . About 100 miles from its confluence with the Yangtze ...
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