The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 182National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... feet long , 40 feet wide , and up to 100 feet deep . To stand at the bottom of the chamber star- ing up at almost 200,000 cubic yards of con- crete - with walls as high as an eight - story building - you have a sudden humbled sense of ...
... feet long , 40 feet wide , and up to 100 feet deep . To stand at the bottom of the chamber star- ing up at almost 200,000 cubic yards of con- crete - with walls as high as an eight - story building - you have a sudden humbled sense of ...
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... feet . Bet on a few feet . The flow is very high just now , swollen from several days of unusually hot June weather , and very strong . When you lift your leg , the current tries to toss it downstream ; when you don't , the current eats ...
... feet . Bet on a few feet . The flow is very high just now , swollen from several days of unusually hot June weather , and very strong . When you lift your leg , the current tries to toss it downstream ; when you don't , the current eats ...
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... feet above sea level , and though the top of McKin- ley is only 60 miles away , it's 20,000 feet higher . No matter how fit , no rescuer can race out of here and function at those extreme ele- vations without getting in trouble . " So ...
... feet above sea level , and though the top of McKin- ley is only 60 miles away , it's 20,000 feet higher . No matter how fit , no rescuer can race out of here and function at those extreme ele- vations without getting in trouble . " So ...
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