The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia; advisor Ernest ScottArthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians Cambridge University Press, 1933 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... southern portion of the lowland belt extends from the rather ill - defined southern margin of the artesian basin to Encounter Bay . Here is clear evidence of several downward buckles of the crust , prob- ably to the extent of several ...
... southern portion of the lowland belt extends from the rather ill - defined southern margin of the artesian basin to Encounter Bay . Here is clear evidence of several downward buckles of the crust , prob- ably to the extent of several ...
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... southern Australia , but is not so usual in summer . Southern New Zealand , being so much to the south , is almost always swept by westerly winds . In winter the sun has moved north of the equator , and the tropical monsoon belt may ...
... southern Australia , but is not so usual in summer . Southern New Zealand , being so much to the south , is almost always swept by westerly winds . In winter the sun has moved north of the equator , and the tropical monsoon belt may ...
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... Southern Ocean where the cold air of the Antarctic mingles with the warmer westerly drift previously mentioned . On this " Polar Front " develop the Antarctic cyclones , and they give rise to most of the rainfall which falls in southern ...
... Southern Ocean where the cold air of the Antarctic mingles with the warmer westerly drift previously mentioned . On this " Polar Front " develop the Antarctic cyclones , and they give rise to most of the rainfall which falls in southern ...
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