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... area which covers almost half of the entire country may have been dry land for the last 600,000,000 years . Today much of the central areas of the Western Plateau and the central Sedimentary Basins are covered with red sand - ridge ...
... area which covers almost half of the entire country may have been dry land for the last 600,000,000 years . Today much of the central areas of the Western Plateau and the central Sedimentary Basins are covered with red sand - ridge ...
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... areas is chancy and liable to lead to deterioration of vegeta- tion and land . This dry centre is suited to mining , tourism and ' kangaroo farming ' , where native animals , evolved to live in such areas , can be farmed but where ...
... areas is chancy and liable to lead to deterioration of vegeta- tion and land . This dry centre is suited to mining , tourism and ' kangaroo farming ' , where native animals , evolved to live in such areas , can be farmed but where ...
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... areas and the south - west corner shows the best develop- ment . Here , in terms of species , is one of the world's richest areas of wildflowers , and only South Africa . can surpass it . In late winter , spring and early summer 4 Ayers ...
... areas and the south - west corner shows the best develop- ment . Here , in terms of species , is one of the world's richest areas of wildflowers , and only South Africa . can surpass it . In late winter , spring and early summer 4 Ayers ...
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