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... Atlantic . Many of these lakes are of great extent , but the most remarkable are those which form the great water system of Canada . The largest of these is Nile 2800 Lake Superior , which has an extreme length 26 LAKES .
... Atlantic . Many of these lakes are of great extent , but the most remarkable are those which form the great water system of Canada . The largest of these is Nile 2800 Lake Superior , which has an extreme length 26 LAKES .
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... extreme length of 380. Senegal 900 Mississippi 2250 Misouri 3550 Orange 1050 AFRICAN A SIATIC Congo 1850 Quorra 2300 Ganges 1400 Euphrates 1400 Tigris 900 Brahmaputra 1500 Indus 1700 Dambe 1700 Amazons 3200 La Plata 2200 St Lawrence to ...
... extreme length of 380. Senegal 900 Mississippi 2250 Misouri 3550 Orange 1050 AFRICAN A SIATIC Congo 1850 Quorra 2300 Ganges 1400 Euphrates 1400 Tigris 900 Brahmaputra 1500 Indus 1700 Dambe 1700 Amazons 3200 La Plata 2200 St Lawrence to ...
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... extreme length of 380 miles , and a breadth of 161 miles . The surface occupied by the Lakes Superior , Michigan , and Huron , is computed at 72,930 square miles . South America is very deficient in lakes ; that of Titicaca being the ...
... extreme length of 380 miles , and a breadth of 161 miles . The surface occupied by the Lakes Superior , Michigan , and Huron , is computed at 72,930 square miles . South America is very deficient in lakes ; that of Titicaca being the ...
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... extreme abundance , six inches , or more , sometimes falling in twelve hours . In some parts of the earth , however , extensive tracts exist , where rain is never known to fall , or if at all , only at intervals of many years , and then ...
... extreme abundance , six inches , or more , sometimes falling in twelve hours . In some parts of the earth , however , extensive tracts exist , where rain is never known to fall , or if at all , only at intervals of many years , and then ...
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... extreme cold by the pro- tection afforded by Nova Zembla , and a submarine ridge ex- tending from thence to Spitzbergen , which forms a barrier to the ice accumulated on , and borne down by the great rivers of Siberia . The effect ...
... extreme cold by the pro- tection afforded by Nova Zembla , and a submarine ridge ex- tending from thence to Spitzbergen , which forms a barrier to the ice accumulated on , and borne down by the great rivers of Siberia . The effect ...
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