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Page 309
... lake at an elevation of nearly 6,000 feet above the Red Sea on the high land close to the edge of the western escarpment . Known as Lake Tana ( Tsana ) , * it is roughly circular , some 45 miles long by 40 miles wide . The Little Abbai ...
... lake at an elevation of nearly 6,000 feet above the Red Sea on the high land close to the edge of the western escarpment . Known as Lake Tana ( Tsana ) , * it is roughly circular , some 45 miles long by 40 miles wide . The Little Abbai ...
Page 345
... lake's unusually high tempera- ture - explain the anomaly . Once only , two centuries ago , has the Lake of Garda been known to freeze . Divers ' descents reveal that its warmth increases at its lower depths . Hot springs are scattered ...
... lake's unusually high tempera- ture - explain the anomaly . Once only , two centuries ago , has the Lake of Garda been known to freeze . Divers ' descents reveal that its warmth increases at its lower depths . Hot springs are scattered ...
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... lake . . . glassing the softest skies As cloudless save for rare and roseate shadows As I would have thy life ! " And then , over that famous " Lake of Como speech " which thrilled our play- going grandparents in their youth , that ...
... lake . . . glassing the softest skies As cloudless save for rare and roseate shadows As I would have thy life ! " And then , over that famous " Lake of Como speech " which thrilled our play- going grandparents in their youth , that ...
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