The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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Page 178
... South America approached their present configuration but remained sepa- rate . South America , still attached to Antarctica , moved away from Africa to create a narrow South Atlantic Ocean . At the end of the Cretaceous the North ...
... South America approached their present configuration but remained sepa- rate . South America , still attached to Antarctica , moved away from Africa to create a narrow South Atlantic Ocean . At the end of the Cretaceous the North ...
Page 181
... south . Eastward the country is lower but passage through it is still difficult ; one route from north to south goes through the sheer- sided Askiphos gorge . Next , to the east , rises the massif of Mt. Ida ( Psiloriti ; 8,058 feet ...
... south . Eastward the country is lower but passage through it is still difficult ; one route from north to south goes through the sheer- sided Askiphos gorge . Next , to the east , rises the massif of Mt. Ida ( Psiloriti ; 8,058 feet ...
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... south by the Black Sea and on the east by the Sea of Azov . In the north it is connected with the Ukrainian mainland by the Perekop Isth- mus , which is 5 miles ( 8 km ) wide . The Land . The Crimea , roughly quadrangular in shape ...
... south by the Black Sea and on the east by the Sea of Azov . In the north it is connected with the Ukrainian mainland by the Perekop Isth- mus , which is 5 miles ( 8 km ) wide . The Land . The Crimea , roughly quadrangular in shape ...
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