The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... western shore , is the largest of Bai- kal's 27 islands . And because rain clouds coming from the west usually drop their moisture on the windward slopes of the Primor- skiy Range , it's also the driest . The island's one sizable town ...
... western shore , is the largest of Bai- kal's 27 islands . And because rain clouds coming from the west usually drop their moisture on the windward slopes of the Primor- skiy Range , it's also the driest . The island's one sizable town ...
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... west , Olkhon is pounded instead by wind - including sarma , Bai- kal's most treacherous , a west- erly gale reaching 160 kilometers an hour that often blows up without warning . Site of a forced - labor camp during Stalinist times ...
... west , Olkhon is pounded instead by wind - including sarma , Bai- kal's most treacherous , a west- erly gale reaching 160 kilometers an hour that often blows up without warning . Site of a forced - labor camp during Stalinist times ...
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... West Bank . Her grandmother played matchmaker for this arranged marriage . Unfazed , Hayat says , " That's the way I was brought up . " The couple now reside in Riverside , California . Despite the modern kitchen in her West Bank home ...
... West Bank . Her grandmother played matchmaker for this arranged marriage . Unfazed , Hayat says , " That's the way I was brought up . " The couple now reside in Riverside , California . Despite the modern kitchen in her West Bank home ...
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