The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1962 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... River valley from Parker Dam southward to the border , the lower Gila River valley of southwestern Arizona ( some- times called the Gila Desert ) , and the Salton Trough of southeastern California . The Salton Trough stretches 125 miles ...
... River valley from Parker Dam southward to the border , the lower Gila River valley of southwestern Arizona ( some- times called the Gila Desert ) , and the Salton Trough of southeastern California . The Salton Trough stretches 125 miles ...
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... river were completed . Frederic Lewis A view of the Colorado River , in the state of Colorado . In 1922 , when the seven - state Colorado River Compact was drawn , modern efforts to control and use the river began . The first unit in ...
... river were completed . Frederic Lewis A view of the Colorado River , in the state of Colorado . In 1922 , when the seven - state Colorado River Compact was drawn , modern efforts to control and use the river began . The first unit in ...
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... RIVER , the major river of central Africa . It occupies a great drainage basin of some 1,450,000 square miles lying across the equator . Almost all the saucer - shaped basin lies 1,000 or more feet above the sea , and the Congo pours ...
... RIVER , the major river of central Africa . It occupies a great drainage basin of some 1,450,000 square miles lying across the equator . Almost all the saucer - shaped basin lies 1,000 or more feet above the sea , and the Congo pours ...
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