The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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Olkhon , close to the lake's 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 .
Olkhon , close to the lake's 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 .
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Denied rains by mountains to the 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 .
Denied rains by mountains to the 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 .
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Wedding belle Hayat Tawil was born and raised in the U. S. but met and married her husband , Eyad , during a visit to the West Bank . Her grandmother played matchmaker for this arranged marriage . Unfazed , Hayat says , " That's the way ...
Wedding belle Hayat Tawil was born and raised in the U. S. but met and married her husband , Eyad , during a visit to the West Bank . Her grandmother played matchmaker for this arranged marriage . Unfazed , Hayat says , " That's the way ...
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