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... result . The silt and other sediment once swept out into the Mediterranean by the Nile current shaped the coastlines and upholstered the sea bottom , providing a habitable environment for mollusks , shrimp , lobsters and other bottom ...
... result . The silt and other sediment once swept out into the Mediterranean by the Nile current shaped the coastlines and upholstered the sea bottom , providing a habitable environment for mollusks , shrimp , lobsters and other bottom ...
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... results of photosynthesis . No less important are the various bacteria that live normally and harmlessly in the intestine ... result either in the death of the cell or its conversion to a malignant form . From the objective point of view ...
... results of photosynthesis . No less important are the various bacteria that live normally and harmlessly in the intestine ... result either in the death of the cell or its conversion to a malignant form . From the objective point of view ...
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... result more disconcerting than toxic . A more serious program was the campaign against the fire ant , an import from ... resulting in 232 The Blight of Civilization.
... result more disconcerting than toxic . A more serious program was the campaign against the fire ant , an import from ... resulting in 232 The Blight of Civilization.
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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