Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1950 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 205
... rivers , through lake Erie , Niagara river , lake Ontario ( q.v. ) and through the St Lawrence river as far north as lake Francis ; thus Ontario has a long frontage on the Great lakes and St Lawrence highway . To the west lies Manitoba ...
... rivers , through lake Erie , Niagara river , lake Ontario ( q.v. ) and through the St Lawrence river as far north as lake Francis ; thus Ontario has a long frontage on the Great lakes and St Lawrence highway . To the west lies Manitoba ...
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... river is crossed by the railway to South - West Africa and in the 70 mls below Upington the river flows in a braided channel up to four miles wide with countless islands of which the larger are intensively irrigated . The island reach ...
... river is crossed by the railway to South - West Africa and in the 70 mls below Upington the river flows in a braided channel up to four miles wide with countless islands of which the larger are intensively irrigated . The island reach ...
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... river ( q.v. ) . On the west is the Pacific shoreline , on the east the boundary follows the Snake river to near Parma and then runs due south to intersect the parallel of lat . 42 ° N. Relief and Structure . — On the Pacific margin the ...
... river ( q.v. ) . On the west is the Pacific shoreline , on the east the boundary follows the Snake river to near Parma and then runs due south to intersect the parallel of lat . 42 ° N. Relief and Structure . — On the Pacific margin the ...
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