The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... western portions of the oceans , off the east coasts of continents . The equatorial currents from low latitudes move poleward as warm currents . From this poleward movement of warm water arise the Gulf Stream in the northern Atlantic ...
... western portions of the oceans , off the east coasts of continents . The equatorial currents from low latitudes move poleward as warm currents . From this poleward movement of warm water arise the Gulf Stream in the northern Atlantic ...
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... western United States have their sources in Col- orado's mountains . The Colorado River drains much of the western slope and affords valuable water resources to states throughout the South- west . The Rio Grande rises on the eastern ...
... western United States have their sources in Col- orado's mountains . The Colorado River drains much of the western slope and affords valuable water resources to states throughout the South- west . The Rio Grande rises on the eastern ...
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... Western Au- stralia , New South Wales , and Van Diemen's Land , and a magistrate without real authority had been ... Western merchants ( 1842 ) , while in western Borneo , the sultan of Brunei had recognized James Brooke as rajah of ...
... Western Au- stralia , New South Wales , and Van Diemen's Land , and a magistrate without real authority had been ... Western merchants ( 1842 ) , while in western Borneo , the sultan of Brunei had recognized James Brooke as rajah of ...
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