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... tropical countries is influenced by the length and severity of the dry and wet A considerable proportion of the animists greatly handicapped by living where rain falls too constantly at all seasons . Vast numbers of Hindus are ...
... tropical countries is influenced by the length and severity of the dry and wet A considerable proportion of the animists greatly handicapped by living where rain falls too constantly at all seasons . Vast numbers of Hindus are ...
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... tropical highlands has advantages in other respects as well as temperature . First , the updraft of air under the warm tropical sun and the cor- responding downdraft at night make mountain climates more variable and to that extent more ...
... tropical highlands has advantages in other respects as well as temperature . First , the updraft of air under the warm tropical sun and the cor- responding downdraft at night make mountain climates more variable and to that extent more ...
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... tropical civilizations . F. The Human Factor in Tropical Civilizations From the human , as well as the physical , standpoint all three types of tropical civilization have common characteris- tics which differentiate them from non - tropical ...
... tropical civilizations . F. The Human Factor in Tropical Civilizations From the human , as well as the physical , standpoint all three types of tropical civilization have common characteris- tics which differentiate them from non - tropical ...
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